Retail Other · Kansas

Big Lots Store #493 TOPEKA, KS

Topeka, KS · ~22 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #493 TOPEKA, KS runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade C.

Big Lots Store #493 TOPEKA, KS: 3.0 TCR = 87% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #493 TOPEKA, KS safety composite

Big Lots Store #493 TOPEKA, KS scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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

−7.7

2016→2023

Big Lots Store #493 TOPEKA, KS injury rate improved

Big Lots Store #493 TOPEKA, KS's TCR fell 7.7 from 7.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.7 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=8.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Topeka, KS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 87% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/9
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #4123…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #4123 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #493 TOPEKA, KS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #493 TOPEKA, KS averages 3.0 TCR (87% 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 #493 TOPEKA, KS TCR series: 2016=7.7 · 2017=0 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=8.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #493 TOPEKA, KS falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 9 Retail Other employers in Kansas.

Big Lots Store #493 TOPEKA, KS (22 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 #493 TOPEKA, KS
Big Lots Store #493 TOPEKA, KS (22 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #493 TOPEKA, KS has fewer employees than the Retail Other median and a lower 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 8.4 8.4 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.5 7.5 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 7.7 7.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · KS · Topeka

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 319 employers in Topeka, KS · 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 #4123 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4590 Phoenix, AZ 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4077 ALBUQUERQUE, NM 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bowlin's The Thing Travel Centers 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Reeve Cattle Company 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE TK Metals 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Garden City 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE GO 2nd & Jackson 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stormont Vail Health - Hospital 2,589 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodyear Tire Rubber Company 1,563 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodyear Topeka 1,499 FTE
CITY-NEAR The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus 1,417 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4590 Phoenix, AZ 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4123 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mapleton Foundry 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Universal Recycling Technologies - Oregon 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1388 Philadelphia, PA 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #5127 Cuyahoga Falls, OH 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #226 LOUISVILLE, KY 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #490 LAPEER, MI 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.