Retail Other · New Jersey

Big Lots Store #1980 SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ

Name: Big Lots Store #1980 SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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South Plainfield, NJ · ~29 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.5
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Big Lots Store #1980 SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ runs at 280% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade F.

Big Lots Store #1980 SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ: 9.5 TCR = 280% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #1980 SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ safety composite

Big Lots Store #1980 SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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).

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers
DART rate: F 32.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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 #1980 SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ: 0.0 → 32.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 32.7 TCR · DART/TCR 3.43× in 2023

Big Lots Store #1980 SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ's TCR rose 32.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 32.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 3.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · South Plainfield, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 280% of ind

DART 32.7 DART
RANK #60/62
PHOTO Big Lots Store #5454…
BOOK 6y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #5454 Rogers, AR (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Big Lots Store #1980 SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ averages 9.5 TCR (280% of the Retail Other BLS benchmark).

Big Lots Store #1980 SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=11.2 · 2018=0 · 2019=6.2 · 2022=7 · 2023=32.7 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #1980 SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #60 safest of 62 Retail Other employers in New Jersey.

Big Lots Store #1980 SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ (29 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #1980 SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ has more 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
2023	32.7	32.7	4
2022	7.0	7.0	1
2019	6.2	6.2	1
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	11.2	5.6	2
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · NJ · South Plainfield

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 112 employers in South Plainfield, NJ · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Big Lots Store #5454 Rogers, AR	ROGERS, AR	9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	105 Warehouse RI	NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI	9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	330 Orange CT	ORANGE, CT	9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Big Lots Store #416 LATROBE, PA	LATROBE, PA	9.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	PRP Services Inc	BRICK	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Allied Construction Group Inc	PARLIN	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Renda Roads, Inc.	BRANCHBURG	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CMAC Communications Inc	BARNEGAT	29 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PSE&G NJ Projects & Construction	South Plainfield	1,107 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PSE&G NJ - DELIVERY PROJECT & CONSTRUCTION (DP&C)	South Plainfield	868 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Accurate Diagnostic Lab	South Plainfield	492 FTE
CITY-NEAR	G&W Laboratories, Inc.	South Plainfield	363 FTE
NAT-TCR	SSA Pacific - Cruise (Breakbulk)	Seattle, WA	9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	MCR Langhorne Tenant LLC	Langhorne, PA	9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	0654 - South San Francisco Ca Bus Ctr	South San Francisco, CA	9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Home Sweet Home on the Hudson	Catskill, NY	9.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Big Lots Store #4691 Auburn, MA	Auburn, MA	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Big Lots Store #4740 Pittsfield, MA	Pitttsfield, MA	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Big Lots Store #1265 SPRINGFIELD, MA	Springfield, MA	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bailey Ave-Ft Independnce	Bronx, NY	29 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, 2019, 2018, 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.