Retail Other · South Carolina

Big Lots Store #1857 West Columbia, SC

West Columbia, SC · ~20 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #1857 West Columbia, SC runs at 174% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade D.

Big Lots Store #1857 West Columbia, SC: 5.9 TCR = 174% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #1857 West Columbia, SC safety composite

Big Lots Store #1857 West Columbia, SC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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%).

Big Lots Store #1857 West Columbia, SC held a steady TCR band

Big Lots Store #1857 West Columbia, SC's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 18.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=7.2 · 2018=18.9 · 2019=7.3 · 2020=13.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · West Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 174% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #36/47
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #1853…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1853 Englewood, FL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #1857 West Columbia, SC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #1857 West Columbia, SC averages 5.9 TCR (174% 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 #1857 West Columbia, SC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=7.2 · 2018=18.9 · 2019=7.3 · 2020=13.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #1857 West Columbia, SC falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 47 Retail Other employers in South Carolina.

Big Lots Store #1857 West Columbia, SC (20 employees, TCR 5.9) 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 #1857 West Columbia, SC
Big Lots Store #1857 West Columbia, SC (20 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #1857 West Columbia, SC 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 13.9 7.0 2 0 0
2019 7.3 0.0 1 0 0
2018 18.9 18.9 3 0 0
2017 7.2 7.2 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · SC · West Columbia

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 171 employers in West Columbia, SC · 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 #1853 Englewood, FL 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #58 MOREHEAD, KY 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4266 CHICO, CA 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5436 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Log Creek Timber Company Inc. 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dorchestor 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dorchester Biomass LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE FIELD SERVICES TECH BUILDING 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lexington Medical Center 4,128 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC-02 4,124 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - CAE1 2,755 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CAE1 2,722 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4266 CHICO, CA 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Courtyard Jacksonville Orange Park 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sun City Cherrington 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Collins Products LLC 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1213 PEARL, MS 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1699 BRUNSWICK, OH 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #157 NEW CASTLE, PA 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #5105 Avon, IN 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: 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.