Retail Other · New Jersey

Big Lots Store #1420 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ

Phillipsburg, NJ · ~21 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #1420 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ runs at 216% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade F.

Big Lots Store #1420 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ: 7.4 TCR = 216% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #1420 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ safety composite

Big Lots Store #1420 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 14.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Big Lots Store #1420 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ: 0.0 → 14.9 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 14.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2.02× in 2019

Big Lots Store #1420 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ's TCR rose 14.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 14.9 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 2.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Phillipsburg, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 216% of ind

  • DART 14.9 DART
  • RANK #57/62
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #1747…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1747 Durham, NC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #1420 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #1420 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ averages 7.4 TCR (216% of the Retail Other BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Big Lots Store #1420 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=7.5 · 2018=7 · 2019=14.9 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #1420 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #57 safest of 62 Retail Other employers in New Jersey.

Big Lots Store #1420 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ (21 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 020406080100 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Big Lots Store #1420 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ
Big Lots Store #1420 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ (21 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #1420 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ has fewer employees than the Retail Other median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2019 14.9 14.9 2 0 0
2018 7.0 7.0 1 0 0
2017 7.5 7.5 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · NJ · Phillipsburg

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 56 employers in Phillipsburg, NJ · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1747 Durham, NC 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4754 Atwater, CA 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5264 Lee's Summit, M 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1286 CLEBURNE, TX 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE NAES : OM - Eagle Point 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE C.N. Renovation Co. Inc. DBA CNR Group 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Versatile Services LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE 102152 - Bayonne Misc Job 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Warren Hospital 637 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2497 385 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2497 337 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bihler of America, Inc 336 FTE
NAT-TCR Lakewood 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Distribution and Services : Factory Service 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Jfk Medical Center North Campus 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0029 2288 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1152 FRONT ROYAL, VA 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1829 Greensboro, NC 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #278 FRANKFORT, KY 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE US - Branch Network : 0219 21 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.