Retail Other · Montana

Big Lots Store #4656 Helena, MT

Helena, MT · ~18 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #4656 Helena, MT runs at 201% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade F.

Big Lots Store #4656 Helena, MT: 6.8 TCR = 201% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #4656 Helena, MT safety composite

Big Lots Store #4656 Helena, MT scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−18.9

2016→2023

Big Lots Store #4656 Helena, MT injury rate improved

Big Lots Store #4656 Helena, MT's TCR fell 18.9 from 18.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 18.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.9 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=17.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=18.5 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Helena, MT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 201% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO 5130
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 5130 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #4656 Helena, MT in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #4656 Helena, MT averages 6.8 TCR (201% 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 #4656 Helena, MT TCR series: 2016=18.9 · 2017=0 · 2018=17.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=18.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #4656 Helena, MT falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Montana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Retail Other employers in Montana.

Big Lots Store #4656 Helena, MT (18 employees, TCR 6.8) 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 #4656 Helena, MT
Big Lots Store #4656 Helena, MT (18 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #4656 Helena, MT 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 18.5 9.2 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 17.3 17.3 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 18.9 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · MT · Helena

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,536 rated employers in Montana with headcount on file · 98 employers in Helena, MT · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR 5130 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4295 SPRING VALLEY, CA 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5290 Lutherville, MD 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4465 MEDFORD, OR 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 105536 - Salmon Lake 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Empire Roofing Inc. 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anderson Precast & Supply, Inc. 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kimber Montana 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dick Anderson Construction 399 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1872 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1872 349 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rocky Mountain Contractors, Main Office 265 FTE
NAT-TCR 4818/3839 - Saginaw Crossdock 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Carmel Clay Parks & Recreation 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - DMO7 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit 235 6.8 TCR

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.