Retail Other · California

Big Lots Store #4483 MISSION VIEJO, CA

Mission Viejo, CA · ~22 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #4483 MISSION VIEJO, CA runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade D.

Big Lots Store #4483 MISSION VIEJO, CA: 5.0 TCR = 147% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #4483 MISSION VIEJO, CA safety composite

Big Lots Store #4483 MISSION VIEJO, CA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

−6.4

2016→2023

Big Lots Store #4483 MISSION VIEJO, CA injury rate improved

Big Lots Store #4483 MISSION VIEJO, CA's TCR fell 6.4 from 6.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 13.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.4 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=13.3 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Mission Viejo, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 147% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #113/255
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #5118…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #5118 Green Bay, WI (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #4483 MISSION VIEJO, CA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #4483 MISSION VIEJO, CA averages 5.0 TCR (147% 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 #4483 MISSION VIEJO, CA TCR series: 2016=6.4 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=0 · 2019=13.3 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #4483 MISSION VIEJO, CA falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 37% 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 #113 safest of 255 Retail Other employers in California.

Big Lots Store #4483 MISSION VIEJO, CA (22 employees, TCR 5.0) 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 #4483 MISSION VIEJO, CA
Big Lots Store #4483 MISSION VIEJO, CA (22 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #4483 MISSION VIEJO, CA has fewer 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 7.5 0.0 1 0 0
2020 6.7 6.7 1 0 0
2019 13.3 6.7 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 6.2 0.0 1 0 0
2016 6.4 6.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · CA · Mission Viejo

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 77 employers in Mission Viejo, 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 #5118 Green Bay, WI 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5159 Wadsworth, OH 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2799 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2965 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE LaGrande Farms 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Del Carlo Farms, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Linda Vista Farms 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE MOUNTAIN VIEW FARM SHOP 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA822 MISSION HOSPITAL MISSION VIEJO HR 2,178 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DCX2 347 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Coast Community Services 340 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mission Viejo 526 298 FTE
NAT-TCR Royal Brittania Gastro Pub #820 Venetian 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Oak Tree Day Program 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Greater Southern Utah Collision Repair, dba Dealer Collision 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Marshalls Creek #236 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #563 ORMOND BEACH, FL 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4228 MIAMI, FL 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1179 BEDFORD, TX 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1062 TULSA, OK 22 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.