Retail Other · Ohio

Big Lots Store #29 ATHENS, OH

Athens, OH · ~17 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #29 ATHENS, OH runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade D.

Big Lots Store #29 ATHENS, OH: 5.1 TCR = 150% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #29 ATHENS, OH safety composite

Big Lots Store #29 ATHENS, OH scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

TCR Δ

−23.5

2016→2023

Big Lots Store #29 ATHENS, OH injury rate improved

Big Lots Store #29 ATHENS, OH's TCR fell 23.5 from 23.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 23.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=23.5 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=8.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=9.4 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Athens, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 150% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #87/121
  • PHOTO 2555
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2555 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #29 ATHENS, OH in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #29 ATHENS, OH averages 5.1 TCR (150% 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 #29 ATHENS, OH TCR series: 2016=23.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=8 · 2021=0 · 2022=9.4 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #29 ATHENS, OH falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #87 safest of 121 Retail Other employers in Ohio.

Big Lots Store #29 ATHENS, OH (17 employees, TCR 5.1) 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 #29 ATHENS, OH
Big Lots Store #29 ATHENS, OH (17 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #29 ATHENS, OH 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 9.4 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 8.0 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 23.5 7.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · OH · Athens

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 44 employers in Athens, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR 2555 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1791 Saint Louis Park, MN 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 206 South Yarmouth MA 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Runnings of Hutchinson 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oakshade Dairy LLC 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1296-NiSource-Columbus OH - Front Street 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE GEM Industrial Inc. - Cenovus, Oregon Refinery 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Boring Inc 17 FTE
CITY-NEAR O'Bleness Memorial Hospital 731 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3486 366 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3486 338 FTE
CITY-NEAR Integrated Services for Behavioral Health 281 FTE
NAT-TCR Corporate- Lancaster 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Grandview Care Center 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Grapevine 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Food City 094 5.1 TCR

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.