Retail Other · Michigan

Big Lots Store #208 KALAMAZOO, MI

Kalamazoo, MI · ~26 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #208 KALAMAZOO, MI runs at 208% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade F.

Big Lots Store #208 KALAMAZOO, MI: 7.1 TCR = 208% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #208 KALAMAZOO, MI safety composite

Big Lots Store #208 KALAMAZOO, MI scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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 #208 KALAMAZOO, MI held a steady TCR band

Big Lots Store #208 KALAMAZOO, MI's TCR held near 0.2 from 7.0 in 2016 to 7.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.0 · 2017=7.1 · 2018=7.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 208% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #48/54
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #1951…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1951 Bridgeville, PA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #208 KALAMAZOO, MI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #208 KALAMAZOO, MI averages 7.1 TCR (208% 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 #208 KALAMAZOO, MI TCR series: 2016=7 · 2017=7.1 · 2018=7.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #208 KALAMAZOO, MI falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 16% 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 #48 safest of 54 Retail Other employers in Michigan.

Big Lots Store #208 KALAMAZOO, MI (26 employees, TCR 7.1) 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 #208 KALAMAZOO, MI
Big Lots Store #208 KALAMAZOO, MI (26 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #208 KALAMAZOO, MI 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2018 7.2 0.0 1 0 0
2017 7.1 7.1 1 0 0
2016 7.0 7.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · MI · Kalamazoo

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, 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 Big Lots Store #1951 Bridgeville, PA 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1877 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1207 ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1948 San Antonio, TX 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Walther Farms Cass City 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE United States Gypsum 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Genesee Power Station 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bronson SC 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bronson Methodist Hospital 4,909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road 3,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Instruments 2,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-MIKAL1 2,103 FTE
NAT-TCR IND - Airport United Airlines Offices 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR GDIT Chula Vista Design Ct 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Landover (Mdlan) 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Newburgh (Nymon) 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4555 North Highlands 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #483 ALBANY, GA 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #5102 Pompano Beach, 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #5143 Jacksonville, F 26 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: 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.