Retail Other · Michigan

Big Lots Store #409 KENTWOOD, MI

Kentwood, MI · ~18 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #409 KENTWOOD, MI runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade C.

Big Lots Store #409 KENTWOOD, MI: 3.5 TCR = 104% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #409 KENTWOOD, MI safety composite

Big Lots Store #409 KENTWOOD, MI scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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 #409 KENTWOOD, MI: 0.0 → 11.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 11.2 TCR · DART/TCR 3.18× in 2023

Big Lots Store #409 KENTWOOD, MI's TCR rose 11.2 from 0.0 in 2016 to 11.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 3.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Kentwood, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 104% of ind

  • DART 11.2 DART
  • RANK #27/54
  • PHOTO Runnings of Plattsbu…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

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

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Big Lots Store #409 KENTWOOD, MI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #409 KENTWOOD, MI averages 3.5 TCR (104% 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 #409 KENTWOOD, MI TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=7.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=9.5 · 2023=11.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #409 KENTWOOD, MI falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 54 Retail Other employers in Michigan.

Big Lots Store #409 KENTWOOD, MI (18 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 #409 KENTWOOD, MI
Big Lots Store #409 KENTWOOD, MI (18 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #409 KENTWOOD, MI has fewer employees than the Retail Other median and a lower 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 11.2 11.2 1 0 0
2022 9.5 9.5 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 7.5 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · MI · Kentwood

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 122 employers in Kentwood, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Runnings of Plattsburgh 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5425 Hummelston, PA 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1224 SAN ANTONIO, TX 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5344 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE White Cloud 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Roseville Water 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE PENCON, INC. d/b/a Peninsula Construction & Design, Inc. 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE E.F. Wilkinson & Sons, Inc. 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ventra Grand Rapids Plant 5 1,274 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC - H1 656 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Food Solutions H5 346 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trees LLC 484 346 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #5425 Hummelston, PA 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1224 SAN ANTONIO, TX 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR SGS Retail - Ontario 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR SigmaTron International - EGV 3.5 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.