Retail Other · Pennsylvania

Big Lots Store #1737 WILKES-BARRE, PA

Wilkes-Barre, PA · ~20 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #1737 WILKES-BARRE, PA runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade D.

Big Lots Store #1737 WILKES-BARRE, PA: 4.7 TCR = 139% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #1737 WILKES-BARRE, PA safety composite

Big Lots Store #1737 WILKES-BARRE, PA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−0.5

2016→2020

Big Lots Store #1737 WILKES-BARRE, PA injury rate improved

Big Lots Store #1737 WILKES-BARRE, PA's TCR fell 0.5 from 8.1 in 2016 to 7.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.1 · 2017=8.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=7.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Wilkes-Barre, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 139% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #47/88
  • PHOTO Runnings of Jamestown
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Runnings of Jamestown (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #1737 WILKES-BARRE, PA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #1737 WILKES-BARRE, PA averages 4.7 TCR (139% 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 #1737 WILKES-BARRE, PA TCR series: 2016=8.1 · 2017=8 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=7.5 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #1737 WILKES-BARRE, PA falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 88 Retail Other employers in Pennsylvania.

Big Lots Store #1737 WILKES-BARRE, PA (20 employees, TCR 4.7) 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 #1737 WILKES-BARRE, PA
Big Lots Store #1737 WILKES-BARRE, PA (20 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #1737 WILKES-BARRE, PA 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
2020 7.5 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 8.0 0.0 1 0 0
2016 8.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · PA · Wilkes-Barre

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 83 employers in Wilkes-Barre, PA · 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 Jamestown 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5223 Dover, NJ 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1159 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2288 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE VanBlarcom 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Matterns Hatchery 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brookfield Renewable - Holtwood 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springdale 3,4,5 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wilkes-Barre 1,430 FTE
CITY-NEAR AVP1 1,212 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mohegan Sun Pocono 1,049 FTE
CITY-NEAR 48002B01 CAREMARKPCS, L.L.C. 726 FTE
NAT-TCR Carlsbad Outlet #518 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Nucor Grating - Jackson 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlanta Hospice 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR SPAR Field Services 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4088 HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Stores #1364 Folsom, CA 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1384 Fort Walton Beach, 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1068 BEAUFORT, SC 20 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: 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.