Retail Other · Indiana

Big Lots Store #449 MICHIGAN CITY, IN

Michigan City, IN · ~23 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #449 MICHIGAN CITY, IN runs at 232% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade F.

Big Lots Store #449 MICHIGAN CITY, IN: 7.9 TCR = 232% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #449 MICHIGAN CITY, IN safety composite

Big Lots Store #449 MICHIGAN CITY, IN scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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%).

Big Lots Store #449 MICHIGAN CITY, IN held a steady TCR band

Big Lots Store #449 MICHIGAN CITY, IN's TCR held near 0.3 from 7.8 in 2016 to 8.0 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.8 · 2017=8.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Michigan City, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 232% of ind

  • DART 8.0 DART
  • RANK #47/47
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #4525…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #4525 AUGUSTA, ME (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #449 MICHIGAN CITY, IN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #449 MICHIGAN CITY, IN averages 7.9 TCR (232% 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 #449 MICHIGAN CITY, IN TCR series: 2016=7.8 · 2017=8 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #449 MICHIGAN CITY, IN falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 47 Retail Other employers in Indiana.

Big Lots Store #449 MICHIGAN CITY, IN (23 employees, TCR 7.9) 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 #449 MICHIGAN CITY, IN
Big Lots Store #449 MICHIGAN CITY, IN (23 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #449 MICHIGAN CITY, IN 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
2017 8.0 8.0 1 0 0
2016 7.8 7.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · IN · Michigan City

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 111 employers in Michigan City, IN · 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 #4525 AUGUSTA, ME 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1550 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roses Express 650 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5182 Simpsonville, S 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Prairie's Edge Farming Company 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pineywoods Farm 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hatchery 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greensburg 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franciscan Health Michigan City 938 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Chip Casino Hotel Spa 772 FTE
CITY-NEAR Michigan City High School 603 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Foods Solutions 602 FTE
NAT-TCR North Walk Villa 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Industrial Belting & Transmission Inc 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR SG001 - Sage Corporate 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Roses Express 650 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tishler Industries Incorporated 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE TPC 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0614 - Yuba City, Ca 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0533 - Yakima, Wa 23 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: 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.