Retail Other · Georgia

Big Lots Store #1497 KENNESAW, GA

Kennesaw, GA · ~26 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #1497 KENNESAW, GA runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade D.

Big Lots Store #1497 KENNESAW, GA: 5.1 TCR = 149% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #1497 KENNESAW, GA safety composite

Big Lots Store #1497 KENNESAW, GA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.5

2016→2023

Big Lots Store #1497 KENNESAW, GA injury rate improved

Big Lots Store #1497 KENNESAW, GA's TCR fell 6.5 from 6.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.5 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=13.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=13.6 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Kennesaw, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 149% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #53/69
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #1063…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1063 FLAT RIVER, MO (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #1497 KENNESAW, GA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #1497 KENNESAW, GA averages 5.1 TCR (149% 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 #1497 KENNESAW, GA TCR series: 2016=6.5 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=13.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=13.6 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #1497 KENNESAW, GA falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 69 Retail Other employers in Georgia.

Big Lots Store #1497 KENNESAW, GA (26 employees, TCR 5.1) 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 #1497 KENNESAW, GA
Big Lots Store #1497 KENNESAW, GA (26 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #1497 KENNESAW, GA has more 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 13.6 0.0 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 13.8 0.0 2 0 0
2017 6.8 6.8 1 0 0
2016 6.5 6.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · GA · Kennesaw

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 222 employers in Kennesaw, GA · 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 #1063 FLAT RIVER, MO 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1746 Toledo, OH 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5399 Heath, OH 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4193 MESA, AZ 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE FPL Food Chatel Farms 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Unlimited Contract Services - Pine Grove, LA 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pilgrim's Pride Athens Hatchery 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hawkins Logging & Timber Co LLC 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Atlanta (Smyrna) 1,691 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-MARI 1,388 FTE
CITY-NEAR BPS Kennesaw 1,071 FTE
CITY-NEAR NPSG Global 753 FTE
NAT-TCR 1333 9-13 Harrison Avenue 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Willamette Pass Resort 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Windward Design Group, Inc 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR RPM Transportation Hawaii 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4126 NATIONAL CITY, CA 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #5103 Baltimore, MD 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4473 OILDALE, CA 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4623 Northridge, CA 26 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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