Retail Other · Michigan

Big Lots Store #1871 Gaylord, MI

Gaylord, MI · ~20 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #1871 Gaylord, MI runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade D.

Big Lots Store #1871 Gaylord, MI: 4.2 TCR = 124% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #1871 Gaylord, MI safety composite

Big Lots Store #1871 Gaylord, MI scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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 #1871 Gaylord, MI held a steady TCR band

Big Lots Store #1871 Gaylord, MI's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=8.3 · 2018=8.6 · 2019=8.7 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Gaylord, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 124% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #33/54
  • PHOTO 2041
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2041 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #1871 Gaylord, MI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #1871 Gaylord, MI averages 4.2 TCR (124% 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 #1871 Gaylord, MI TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=8.3 · 2018=8.6 · 2019=8.7 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #1871 Gaylord, MI falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 54 Retail Other employers in Michigan.

Big Lots Store #1871 Gaylord, MI (20 employees, TCR 4.2) 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 #1871 Gaylord, MI
Big Lots Store #1871 Gaylord, MI (20 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #1871 Gaylord, MI 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 8.1 0.0 1 0 0
2019 8.7 0.0 1 0 0
2018 8.6 0.0 1 0 0
2017 8.3 8.3 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · MI · Gaylord

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 58 employers in Gaylord, MI · 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 2041 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #198 CORBIN, KY 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2067 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2072 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tholrund Brothers 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indeck Niles Energy Center 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michigan Solar Solutions West 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE WTB Tuscola Bay Wind Plant 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital 771 FTE
CITY-NEAR Otsego Memorial Hospital 644 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1542 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1542 330 FTE
NAT-TCR Lindenhurst 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mary Queen & Mother Association 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Clearwater Paper Shelby LLC 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Food City 041 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1816 Warner Robbins, GA 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #527 CLEARWATER, FL 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1831 LaPlace, Louisiana 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4164 FRESNO, CA 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.