Retail Other · California

Big Lots Store #4012 EL CAJON, CA

El Cajon, CA · ~28 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #4012 EL CAJON, CA runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade D.

Big Lots Store #4012 EL CAJON, CA: 5.4 TCR = 158% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #4012 EL CAJON, CA safety composite

Big Lots Store #4012 EL CAJON, CA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Big Lots Store #4012 EL CAJON, CA: 5.5 → 8.9 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 16.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

Big Lots Store #4012 EL CAJON, CA's TCR rose 3.4 from 5.5 in 2016 to 8.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · El Cajon, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 158% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #128/255
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #378 …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #378 KANAWHA CITY, WV (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #4012 EL CAJON, CA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #4012 EL CAJON, CA averages 5.4 TCR (158% 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 #4012 EL CAJON, CA TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2017=16.7 · 2018=5.8 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=8.9 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #4012 EL CAJON, CA falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 32% 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 #128 safest of 255 Retail Other employers in California.

Big Lots Store #4012 EL CAJON, CA (28 employees, TCR 5.4) 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 #4012 EL CAJON, CA
Big Lots Store #4012 EL CAJON, CA (28 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #4012 EL CAJON, 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
2023 8.9 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.9 5.9 1 0 0
2018 5.8 5.8 1 0 0
2017 16.7 16.7 3 0 0
2016 5.5 5.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · CA · El Cajon

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 236 employers in El Cajon, 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 Big Lots Store #378 KANAWHA CITY, WV 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 220 Norwood MA 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1310 CLARKSVILLE, IN 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4541 Puyallup, WA 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Davis Ranch L.L.C. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steinbeck Country Produce 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harlan Family Ranch 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE KKG Equipment Company, LLC32 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR SOUTHERN REGION : SDU 1,176 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 370 1,148 FTE
CITY-NEAR GKN Aerospace Chem-tronics 1,059 FTE
CITY-NEAR GKN Aerospace Chem Tronics 938 FTE
NAT-TCR MiCA Corporation Haltom 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Richmond District Bridge Crews 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Superior Plus - 7020 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Worth COmpany 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4666 Roseburg, OR 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4595 Salem, OR 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1218 GAITHERSBURG, MD 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1951 Bridgeville, PA 28 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: 2023, 2022, 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.