Retail Other · California

Big Lots Store #4283 MERCED, CA

Merced, CA · ~25 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #4283 MERCED, CA runs at 408% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade F.

Big Lots Store #4283 MERCED, CA: 13.9 TCR = 408% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #4283 MERCED, CA safety composite

Big Lots Store #4283 MERCED, CA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−3.3

2016→2023

Big Lots Store #4283 MERCED, CA injury rate improved

Big Lots Store #4283 MERCED, CA's TCR fell 3.3 from 13.0 in 2016 to 9.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 20.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.0 · 2017=20.0 · 2018=19.8 · 2019=12.8 · 2020=12.8 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=15.7 · 2023=9.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 13.9 · 408% of ind

  • DART 9.7 DART
  • RANK #251/255
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #42 P…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #42 PORTSMOUTH, OH (0.1 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #4283 MERCED, CA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #4283 MERCED, CA averages 13.9 TCR (408% 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 #4283 MERCED, CA TCR series: 2016=13 · 2017=20 · 2018=19.8 · 2019=12.8 · 2020=12.8 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=15.7 · 2023=9.7 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #4283 MERCED, CA falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 2% 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 #251 safest of 255 Retail Other employers in California.

Big Lots Store #4283 MERCED, CA (25 employees, TCR 13.9) 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 #4283 MERCED, CA
Big Lots Store #4283 MERCED, CA (25 employees, TCR 13.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #4283 MERCED, 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 9.7 9.7 1 0 0
2022 15.7 15.7 2 0 0
2021 7.3 7.3 1 0 0
2020 12.8 6.4 2 0 0
2019 12.8 6.4 2 0 0
2018 19.8 6.6 3 0 0
2017 20.0 20.0 3 0 0
2016 13.0 13.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · CA · Merced

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 187 employers in Merced, 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 #42 PORTSMOUTH, OH 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Runnings of Benson 13.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 326 Waterbury CT 14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4520 Barre, VT 14.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Conservation Farms Ranches 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE GM Ag Services, Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farm Shop 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dougherty Brothers 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030211 1,404 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030211-211001 MERCY MEDICAL CENTER MERCED 1,306 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dignity Health 1,279 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-64030211-211001 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR MII Moving & Storage LLC dba Ray the Mover 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Pan-O-Gold Baking Company-St. Cloud, MN 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sicora, Inc. 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Les Schwab Tire Center-Nampa 13.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1606 METHUEN, MA 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1489 WALLINGFORD, CT 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4669 Webster, MA 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #5295 Woodbridge, NJ 25 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.