Retail Other · Kentucky

Big Lots Store #278 FRANKFORT, KY

Frankfort, KY · ~21 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #278 FRANKFORT, KY runs at 236% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade F.

Big Lots Store #278 FRANKFORT, KY: 8.0 TCR = 236% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #278 FRANKFORT, KY safety composite

Big Lots Store #278 FRANKFORT, KY 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 8.03 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%).

Big Lots Store #278 FRANKFORT, KY held a steady TCR band

Big Lots Store #278 FRANKFORT, KY's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 24.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=7.8 · 2018=24.4 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Frankfort, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 236% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #42/44
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #4178…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #4178 LAS CRUCES, NM (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #278 FRANKFORT, KY in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #278 FRANKFORT, KY averages 8.0 TCR (236% 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 #278 FRANKFORT, KY TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=7.8 · 2018=24.4 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #278 FRANKFORT, KY 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 Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 44 Retail Other employers in Kentucky.

Big Lots Store #278 FRANKFORT, KY (21 employees, TCR 8.0) 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 #278 FRANKFORT, KY
Big Lots Store #278 FRANKFORT, KY (21 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #278 FRANKFORT, KY 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 24.4 24.4 3 0 0
2017 7.8 7.8 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · KY · Frankfort

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 104 employers in Frankfort, KY · 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 #4178 LAS CRUCES, NM 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5372 Summerville, SC 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Runnings of Dickinson 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4258 MIAMI, FL 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE AppHarvest Morehead Farm LLC. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Reed Minerals - Drakesboro 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hardinsburg Office 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Madisonville - Electric Distribution 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYTC Central Office 945 FTE
CITY-NEAR Human Resource Bldg 892 FTE
CITY-NEAR Montaplast of North America Inc 784 FTE
CITY-NEAR EECSOWER 754 FTE
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0005 2555 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 4054-Abs 0030 0033 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Andrews Assisted Living of Bridgeton 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Associated Milk Producers Inc (Portage) 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1829 Greensboro, NC 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1420 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4576 Machesney Park, 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1152 FRONT ROYAL, VA 21 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: 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.