Retail Other · California

Big Lots Store #4301 WATSONVILLE, CA

Watsonville, CA · ~31 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #4301 WATSONVILLE, CA runs at 168% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade D.

Big Lots Store #4301 WATSONVILLE, CA: 5.7 TCR = 168% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #4301 WATSONVILLE, CA safety composite

Big Lots Store #4301 WATSONVILLE, CA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−13.6

2016→2023

Big Lots Store #4301 WATSONVILLE, CA injury rate improved

Big Lots Store #4301 WATSONVILLE, CA's TCR fell 13.6 from 13.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.6 · 2017=8.4 · 2018=8.4 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 168% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #139/255
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #1012…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1012 COLUMBIA, SC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #4301 WATSONVILLE, CA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #4301 WATSONVILLE, CA averages 5.7 TCR (168% 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 #4301 WATSONVILLE, CA TCR series: 2016=13.6 · 2017=8.4 · 2018=8.4 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #4301 WATSONVILLE, CA falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 27% 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 #139 safest of 255 Retail Other employers in California.

Big Lots Store #4301 WATSONVILLE, CA (31 employees, TCR 5.7) 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 #4301 WATSONVILLE, CA
Big Lots Store #4301 WATSONVILLE, CA (31 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #4301 WATSONVILLE, 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.9 5.9 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.9 4.9 1 0 0
2019 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2018 8.4 4.2 2 0 0
2017 8.4 4.2 2 0 0
2016 13.6 9.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · CA · Watsonville

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 111 employers in Watsonville, 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 #1012 COLUMBIA, SC 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5473 Waynesboro, GA 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1364 Folsom, CA 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1794 Cortland, NY 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE GCF 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nielsen Farms 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Star Nurseries LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Progressive Growers Inc 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Office 2,439 FTE
CITY-NEAR Premiere Raspberries, LLC 680 FTE
CITY-NEAR Watsonville Community Hospital 632 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elkhorn Berry Farms LLC 550 FTE
NAT-TCR Kadant Unaflex, LLC 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Philadelphia CCA 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1012 COLUMBIA, SC 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Avantech 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4687 Bay Store, NY 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE T169 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rock Falls RHCC 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE CYE of Farmington 31 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.

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