Retail Other · California

Big Lots Store #4002 DOWNEY, CA

Downey, CA · ~30 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #4002 DOWNEY, CA runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade D.

Big Lots Store #4002 DOWNEY, CA: 4.3 TCR = 126% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #4002 DOWNEY, CA safety composite

Big Lots Store #4002 DOWNEY, CA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−6.2

2016→2021

Big Lots Store #4002 DOWNEY, CA injury rate improved

Big Lots Store #4002 DOWNEY, CA's TCR fell 6.2 from 6.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 13.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.2 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=13.2 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Downey, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 126% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #77/255
  • PHOTO Runnings of Marshall
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Runnings of Marshall (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #4002 DOWNEY, CA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #4002 DOWNEY, CA averages 4.3 TCR (126% 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 #4002 DOWNEY, CA TCR series: 2016=6.2 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=13.2 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #4002 DOWNEY, CA falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #77 safest of 255 Retail Other employers in California.

Big Lots Store #4002 DOWNEY, CA (30 employees, TCR 4.3) 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 #4002 DOWNEY, CA
Big Lots Store #4002 DOWNEY, CA (30 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #4002 DOWNEY, CA 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 6.3 0.0 1 0 0
2019 13.2 13.2 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 6.2 6.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · CA · Downey

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 107 employers in Downey, CA · 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 Runnings of Marshall 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1844 Albemarle, NC 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1817 Cincinnati, OH 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1749 Austin, TX 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE BZNUR 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1780 San Juan Rd. 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charter Oaks 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenfields Turf, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR OSI Staffing Inc. 4,494 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 202 2,546 FTE
CITY-NEAR 08880101 DOWNEY MEDICAL CENTER 2,323 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-08180101 1,924 FTE
NAT-TCR Hazlett Tree Service, Inc 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 2765 - Madison-Hilldale 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR US Bakery-Dunford Bakers 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Protect Plus Industries 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #5281 Alexandria, VA 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Surgery & Gastro 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE RM Riviera Beach 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sockeye Timber Framing 30 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.