Retail Other · New Jersey

Big Lots Store #5197 Elizabeth, NJ

Elizabeth, NJ · ~31 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #5197 Elizabeth, NJ runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade C.

Big Lots Store #5197 Elizabeth, NJ: 3.5 TCR = 102% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #5197 Elizabeth, NJ safety composite

Big Lots Store #5197 Elizabeth, NJ 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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 #5197 Elizabeth, NJ held a steady TCR band

Big Lots Store #5197 Elizabeth, NJ's TCR held near 0.0 from 5.2 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.2 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Elizabeth, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 102% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #24/62
  • PHOTO FIVE BELOW INC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FIVE BELOW INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #5197 Elizabeth, NJ in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #5197 Elizabeth, NJ averages 3.5 TCR (102% 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 #5197 Elizabeth, NJ TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2017=0 · 2018=5.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #5197 Elizabeth, NJ falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 62 Retail Other employers in New Jersey.

Big Lots Store #5197 Elizabeth, NJ (31 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 #5197 Elizabeth, NJ
Big Lots Store #5197 Elizabeth, NJ (31 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #5197 Elizabeth, NJ has more 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
2018 5.2 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 5.2 5.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · NJ · Elizabeth

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 145 employers in Elizabeth, NJ · 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 FIVE BELOW INC 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1757 Hinesville, GA 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5445 Macon, GA 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1821 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Orsted - Newark 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Beacon Construction Services 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Neelam Construction Corp 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spiniello Companies - Livingston 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DEW2 2,770 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trinitas Regional Medical Center 2,376 FTE
CITY-NEAR APM Terminals 1,389 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maher Berth 64 1,041 FTE
NAT-TCR Northwest Community Healthcare Medical Group at 1051 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 05-Madison 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Honeymoon Paper Products Corrugated Division 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Takoma Regional Hospital 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE ZPR Farm 2 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4292 PASADENA, CA 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE MO StLBroad 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE C&J Cladding 31 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: 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.