Retail Other · Ohio

Big Lots Store #293 SANDUSKY, OH

Sandusky, OH · ~19 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #293 SANDUSKY, OH runs at 165% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade D.

Big Lots Store #293 SANDUSKY, OH: 5.6 TCR = 165% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #293 SANDUSKY, OH safety composite

Big Lots Store #293 SANDUSKY, OH scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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 #293 SANDUSKY, OH held a steady TCR band

Big Lots Store #293 SANDUSKY, OH's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 18.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=8.3 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=17.8 · 2022=18.7 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 165% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #96/121
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #4576…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #4576 Machesney Park, IL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #293 SANDUSKY, OH in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #293 SANDUSKY, OH averages 5.6 TCR (165% 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 #293 SANDUSKY, OH TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=8.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=17.8 · 2022=18.7 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #293 SANDUSKY, OH falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 28% 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 #96 safest of 121 Retail Other employers in Ohio.

Big Lots Store #293 SANDUSKY, OH (19 employees, TCR 5.6) 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 #293 SANDUSKY, OH
Big Lots Store #293 SANDUSKY, OH (19 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #293 SANDUSKY, 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 18.7 18.7 2 0 0
2021 17.8 0.0 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 8.3 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · OH · Sandusky

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 101 employers in Sandusky, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4576 Machesney Park, IL 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1489 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2090 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3291 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 514-NiSource-Fremont OH Ofc Serv 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Del-Co Water Company - 6658 Olentangy River Rd 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maronda Homes LLC of Ohio-Cincinnati Office 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dunlop & Johnston, Inc. 19 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cedar Point 2,836 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ventra Sandusky 1,878 FTE
CITY-NEAR MAIN-FRMC1-MAIN CAMPUS 1,834 FTE
CITY-NEAR LMN Development 1,048 FTE
NAT-TCR Simulab Corporation 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Newman RHCC 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4576 Machesney Park, IL 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Price Rite of Paterson 5.6 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.