Retail Other · Washington

Big Lots Store #4521 Kent, WA

Kent, WA · ~32 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #4521 Kent, WA runs at 316% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade F.

Big Lots Store #4521 Kent, WA: 10.8 TCR = 316% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #4521 Kent, WA safety composite

Big Lots Store #4521 Kent, WA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

−3.4

2017→2023

Big Lots Store #4521 Kent, WA injury rate improved

Big Lots Store #4521 Kent, WA's TCR fell 3.4 from 10.8 in 2017 to 7.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 19.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.8 · 2018=15.8 · 2019=10.0 · 2020=19.5 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=11.8 · 2023=7.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Kent, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.8 · 316% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #47/49
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #4263…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #4263 HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA (0.1 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #4521 Kent, WA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #4521 Kent, WA averages 10.8 TCR (316% 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 #4521 Kent, WA TCR series: 2017=10.8 · 2018=15.8 · 2019=10 · 2020=19.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=11.8 · 2023=7.4 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #4521 Kent, WA falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 49 Retail Other employers in Washington.

Big Lots Store #4521 Kent, WA (32 employees, TCR 10.8) 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 #4521 Kent, WA
Big Lots Store #4521 Kent, WA (32 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #4521 Kent, WA 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 7.4 0.0 1 0 0
2022 11.8 11.8 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 19.5 9.8 4 0 0
2019 10.0 10.0 2 0 0
2018 15.8 10.5 3 0 0
2017 10.8 10.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · WA · Kent

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 367 employers in Kent, WA · 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 #4263 HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Runnings of Burlington 10.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1388 Philadelphia, PA 10.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 33460040--HOLLYWOOD HIGHLAND CTR 10.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Empey Orchards, Inc. 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fryslan Ranches LLC 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE PARKLAND LIGHT & WATER 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avista Clarkston 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Origin 3,939 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : BFI4 2,994 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BFI4 2,961 FTE
CITY-NEAR WA006 2,529 FTE
NAT-TCR Mariposa Landscapes Inc. - Arrow 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Grand View Alzheimer's Special Care Center 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR General Healthcare Resources LLC - 2 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Abilene- AB 10.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Emblem Hospice Tucson 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacifica Senior Living Ocala 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valley Contracting 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crookston 32 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.