Retail Other · Alabama

Big Lots Store #1799 Hoover, AL

Hoover, AL · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #1799 Hoover, AL runs at 239% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade F.

Big Lots Store #1799 Hoover, AL: 8.1 TCR = 239% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #1799 Hoover, AL safety composite

Big Lots Store #1799 Hoover, AL scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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)
F 8.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Big Lots Store #1799 Hoover, AL: 0.0 → 16.2 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 16.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2017

Big Lots Store #1799 Hoover, AL's TCR rose 16.2 from 0.0 in 2016 to 16.2 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Hoover, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 239% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #28/30
  • PHOTO 2523
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2523 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #1799 Hoover, AL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #1799 Hoover, AL averages 8.1 TCR (239% 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 #1799 Hoover, AL TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=16.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #1799 Hoover, AL falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 30 Retail Other employers in Alabama.

Big Lots Store #1799 Hoover, AL (22 employees, TCR 8.1) 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 #1799 Hoover, AL
Big Lots Store #1799 Hoover, AL (22 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #1799 Hoover, AL 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
2017 16.2 0.0 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · AL · Hoover

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 82 employers in Hoover, AL · 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 2523 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1587 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roses 26 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1986 Houston, TX 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Koch Foods Breeder/Broiler 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Koch Foods Live Haul Gadsden Alabama 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE M.A.D.H. GIN, INC. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Logan Martin Dam 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR BRHMALDC 858 FTE
CITY-NEAR BRHMALDC - AT&T Mobility Services LLC 712 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1229 357 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2111 344 FTE
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0020 2559 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #3476 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Laredo (Txreo) 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ft. Smith (Arfos) 8.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Open Gates FTD/ARTI 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE LKC CBTC Flushing 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0768 - Palmdale, Ca 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0732 - Dubois, Pa 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: 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.