Retail Other · California

Big Lots Store #4038 SAN DIEGO, CA

San Diego, CA · ~36 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #4038 SAN DIEGO, CA runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade D.

Big Lots Store #4038 SAN DIEGO, CA: 6.0 TCR = 175% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #4038 SAN DIEGO, CA safety composite

Big Lots Store #4038 SAN DIEGO, CA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−2.8

2016→2022

Big Lots Store #4038 SAN DIEGO, CA injury rate improved

Big Lots Store #4038 SAN DIEGO, CA's TCR fell 2.8 from 8.6 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.6 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=10.2 · 2022=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · San Diego, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 175% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #147/255
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #1684…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1684 BOONE, NC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #4038 SAN DIEGO, CA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #4038 SAN DIEGO, CA averages 6.0 TCR (175% 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 #4038 SAN DIEGO, CA TCR series: 2016=8.6 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=10.2 · 2022=5.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #4038 SAN DIEGO, CA falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 24% 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 #147 safest of 255 Retail Other employers in California.

Big Lots Store #4038 SAN DIEGO, CA (36 employees, TCR 6.0) 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 #4038 SAN DIEGO, CA
Big Lots Store #4038 SAN DIEGO, CA (36 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #4038 SAN DIEGO, 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
2022 5.8 5.8 1 0 0
2021 10.2 10.2 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.5 0.0 1 0 0
2018 8.5 8.5 2 0 0
2017 4.2 0.0 1 0 0
2016 8.6 8.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · CA · San Diego

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,979 employers in San Diego, 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 #1684 BOONE, NC 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1761 Dubois, PA 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mast Store - Annex 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1963 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE River Garden Farms 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Knight Farms 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.H. MEEK & SONS INC. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dirt Farmer and Company 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC San Diego Health 9,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Atomics 8,108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health Human Services Agency 6,080 FTE
CITY-NEAR National University 4,955 FTE
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Ups Atlanta-55 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Orlando Division 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Price Less Foods #447 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sanctuary at Holy Cross 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Zoetis Indianapolis. (SMRU80131) 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE DTNA Charlotte - I2M. (SMRU0651) 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Dowagiac Union Schl-Cafeteria 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at St Anthony Hosp Chic-Fil-a 36 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: 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.