Retail Other · Iowa

Big Lots Store #1732 DES MOINES, IA

Des Moines, IA · ~22 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #1732 DES MOINES, IA runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade C.

Big Lots Store #1732 DES MOINES, IA: 2.8 TCR = 83% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #1732 DES MOINES, IA safety composite

Big Lots Store #1732 DES MOINES, IA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
F 22.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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 #1732 DES MOINES, IA: 0.0 → 22.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 22.5 TCR · DART/TCR 8× in 2023

Big Lots Store #1732 DES MOINES, IA's TCR rose 22.5 from 0.0 in 2016 to 22.5 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 83% of ind

  • DART 22.5 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #1169…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1169 RICHMOND, VA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #1732 DES MOINES, IA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #1732 DES MOINES, IA averages 2.8 TCR (83% 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 #1732 DES MOINES, IA TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=22.5 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #1732 DES MOINES, IA falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Retail Other employers in Iowa.

Big Lots Store #1732 DES MOINES, IA (22 employees, TCR 2.8) 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 #1732 DES MOINES, IA
Big Lots Store #1732 DES MOINES, IA (22 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #1732 DES MOINES, IA has fewer employees than the Retail Other median and a lower 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 22.5 22.5 2 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · IA · Des Moines

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 525 employers in Des Moines, IA · 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 #1169 RICHMOND, VA 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1624 CARROLLTON, TX 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5298 Akron, OH 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2267 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE GDM Seeds, Inc - Ankeny, IA 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Farmers Cooperative (Mt. Ayr) 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kevin D. Moellers 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sheldon 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Center 6,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines 4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR MercyOne Des Moines 3,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Methodist Hospital 3,495 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1624 CARROLLTON, TX 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kilian Electrical Service, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Piggly Wiggly 598 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Shanklin Heating & Air Conditioning LLC 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4572 Brighton, CO 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4660 Albany, OR 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4228 MIAMI, FL 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #563 ORMOND BEACH, FL 22 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.

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

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