Retail Other · Massachusetts

Big Lots Store #5138 Franklin, MA

Franklin, MA · ~20 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #5138 Franklin, MA runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade A.

Big Lots Store #5138 Franklin, MA: 1.4 TCR = 41% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #5138 Franklin, MA safety composite

Big Lots Store #5138 Franklin, MA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% 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%).

Big Lots Store #5138 Franklin, MA held a steady TCR band

Big Lots Store #5138 Franklin, MA's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=8.4 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Franklin, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 41% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/83
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #1640…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1640 FRACKVILLE, PA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #5138 Franklin, MA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #5138 Franklin, MA averages 1.4 TCR (41% 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 #5138 Franklin, MA TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=8.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #5138 Franklin, MA falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 83 Retail Other employers in Massachusetts.

Big Lots Store #5138 Franklin, MA (20 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 #5138 Franklin, MA
Big Lots Store #5138 Franklin, MA (20 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #5138 Franklin, MA 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 8.4 8.4 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · MA · Franklin

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 85 employers in Franklin, MA · 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 #1640 FRACKVILLE, PA 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4228 MIAMI, FL 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5258 Whiteville, NC 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5202 Middle River, MD 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Millennium Power 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE ANP Blackstone Energy Company LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE ATHOL-MA03 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE QUINCY-MA41 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taunton 1,691 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franklin 55 675 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franklin 50 670 FTE
CITY-NEAR Horace Mann Educational Associates 633 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4228 MIAMI, FL 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Camarillo Ca 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR G2 Headquarters 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 224 - Knapp's North 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1949 Garland, TX 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #5352 South Point, OH 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4589 Plano, TX 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1757 Hinesville, GA 20 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.