Retail Other · North Carolina
Big Lots Store #1703 KINSTON, NC
Kinston, NC · ~20 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Big Lots Store #1703 KINSTON, NC runs at 207% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade F.
Big Lots Store #1703 KINSTON, NC: 7.0 TCR = 207% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Big Lots Store #1703 KINSTON, NC safety composite
Big Lots Store #1703 KINSTON, NC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).
21/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 11.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% 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 #1703 KINSTON, NC: 8.8 → 11.6 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 19.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.65× in 2023
Big Lots Store #1703 KINSTON, NC's TCR rose 2.8 from 8.8 in 2016 to 11.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 19.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 452990 · Kinston, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 207% of ind
- DART 11.6 DART
- RANK #100/117
- PHOTO Runnings of Windom
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~20 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Runnings of Windom (0.0 TCR gap)
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Big Lots Store #1703 KINSTON, NC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Big Lots Store #1703 KINSTON, NC
7 TCR
- Runnings of Wi
Runnings of Windom
7 TCR
- Big Lots Store
Big Lots Store #810 CHESAPEAKE, VA
7 TCR
- 5152
5152
7 TCR
- Big Lots Store
Big Lots Store #1166 DUNMORE, PA
7 TCR
What this shows Big Lots Store #1703 KINSTON, NC averages 7.0 TCR (207% of the Retail Other BLS benchmark).
Big Lots Store #1703 KINSTON, NC TCR series: 2016=8.8 · 2017=8.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=8.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=19.1 · 2023=11.6 · BLS 3.4
Where Big Lots Store #1703 KINSTON, NC falls in its industry
2,120 Retail Other establishmentsSafer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #100 safest of 117 Retail Other employers in North Carolina.
Big Lots Store #1703 KINSTON, NC 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 19.1 | 9.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
452990 · NC · Kinston
2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 86 employers in Kinston, NC · 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 | Runnings of Windom | 7.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Big Lots Store #810 CHESAPEAKE, VA | 7.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 5152 | 7.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Big Lots Store #1166 DUNMORE, PA | 7.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Steve Thomas Farms | 20 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kent Smith Farms | 20 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ron Richmond | 20 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Thomas Family Farms, Inc. | 20 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sanderson Farms Kinston Processing | 1,564 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Caswell Developmental Center | 1,256 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UNC Lenoir Health Care | 843 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UNC Health Lenoir | 744 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Southeast Milk, Inc. Avon Park Trucking | 7.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | North Babylon UFSD | 7.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Columbus Distributing Company (4949) | 7.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ronfeldt Manufacturing LLC d/b/a Ice Industries Ronfeldt | 7.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Big Lots Store #1446 DERRY, NH | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Big Lots Store #1495 MOUNT STERLING, KY | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Big Lots Store #1046 SPARTANBURG, SC | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Big Lots Store #5301 Hamilton, NY | 20 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.