Retail Other · Washington

Big Lots Store #4653 Lakewood, WA

Lakewood, WA · ~24 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #4653 Lakewood, WA runs at 278% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade F.

Big Lots Store #4653 Lakewood, WA: 9.4 TCR = 278% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #4653 Lakewood, WA safety composite

Big Lots Store #4653 Lakewood, WA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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 9.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

−3.0

2017→2023

Big Lots Store #4653 Lakewood, WA injury rate improved

Big Lots Store #4653 Lakewood, WA's TCR fell 3.0 from 12.9 in 2017 to 10.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 23.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=12.9 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=6.4 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=23.9 · 2023=10.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 278% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #45/49
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #4608…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #4608 Waco, TX (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #4653 Lakewood, WA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #4653 Lakewood, WA averages 9.4 TCR (278% 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 #4653 Lakewood, WA TCR series: 2017=12.9 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=6.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=23.9 · 2023=10 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #4653 Lakewood, WA falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 6% 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 #45 safest of 49 Retail Other employers in Washington.

Big Lots Store #4653 Lakewood, WA (24 employees, TCR 9.4) 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 #4653 Lakewood, WA
Big Lots Store #4653 Lakewood, WA (24 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #4653 Lakewood, 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 10.0 0.0 1 0 0
2022 23.9 15.9 3 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 6.4 0.0 1 0 0
2019 6.4 0.0 1 0 0
2018 6.5 6.5 1 0 0
2017 12.9 6.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · WA · Lakewood

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 93 employers in Lakewood, 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 #4608 Waco, TX 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Runnings DC of Pierre SD 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 244 Sturbridge MA 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots #5109 Christianburg, VA 9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Krainick Dairy LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE View Point Dairy 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pacific Shellfish Grays Harbor LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Olympia Yard 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL 2,651 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western 2,314 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-46060001-460601 729 FTE
CITY-NEAR 46060001-460601 ST. CLARE HOSPITAL 704 FTE
NAT-TCR montalvo farms 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0417 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hc32-332-Horizons Health Care 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Super Stop & Shop 0736 9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #132 LAFAYETTE, IN 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1511 LEXINGTON, KY 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4054 SANTA MARIA, CA 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4311 CONCORD, CA 24 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.