Retail Other · Indiana

Big Lots Store #1728 FORT WAYNE, IN

Fort Wayne, IN · ~19 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #1728 FORT WAYNE, IN runs at 182% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade D.

Big Lots Store #1728 FORT WAYNE, IN: 6.2 TCR = 182% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #1728 FORT WAYNE, IN safety composite

Big Lots Store #1728 FORT WAYNE, IN scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−11.5

2016→2023

Big Lots Store #1728 FORT WAYNE, IN injury rate improved

Big Lots Store #1728 FORT WAYNE, IN's TCR fell 11.5 from 22.5 in 2016 to 11.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 22.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=22.5 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=7.7 · 2019=8.3 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=11.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Fort Wayne, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 182% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #38/47
  • PHOTO Runnings Of Belle Fo…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Runnings Of Belle Fouche (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #1728 FORT WAYNE, IN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #1728 FORT WAYNE, IN averages 6.2 TCR (182% 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 #1728 FORT WAYNE, IN TCR series: 2016=22.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=7.7 · 2019=8.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=11 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #1728 FORT WAYNE, IN falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 47 Retail Other employers in Indiana.

Big Lots Store #1728 FORT WAYNE, IN (19 employees, TCR 6.2) 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 #1728 FORT WAYNE, IN
Big Lots Store #1728 FORT WAYNE, IN (19 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #1728 FORT WAYNE, IN 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 11.0 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 8.3 8.3 1 0 0
2018 7.7 7.7 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 22.5 22.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · IN · Fort Wayne

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 634 employers in Fort Wayne, IN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Runnings Of Belle Fouche 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4098 CHINO, CA 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northridge Store 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5200 Prattville, AL 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMVC Round Barn 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vectren Corporation - Turbine Maintenance 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - All LP Storage 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - Greenfield 19 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Memorial Hospital 6,096 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview North Hospital 4,648 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Corporate Office 3,312 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shambaugh & Son LP 3,072 FTE
NAT-TCR Supply Division - Piper Tech warehouse 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4098 CHINO, CA 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Progressive Alloy Steels Unlimited, LLC 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR C0125 Okc S Penn Av 6.2 TCR

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.

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

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