Retail Other · Michigan

Big Lots Store #5242 Battle Creek, M

Battle Creek, MI · ~20 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #5242 Battle Creek, M runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade C.

Big Lots Store #5242 Battle Creek, M: 2.8 TCR = 83% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #5242 Battle Creek, M safety composite

Big Lots Store #5242 Battle Creek, M 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Big Lots Store #5242 Battle Creek, M: 0.0 → 8.5 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 8.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2018

Big Lots Store #5242 Battle Creek, M's TCR rose 8.5 from 0.0 in 2016 to 8.5 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Battle Creek, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 83% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/54
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #554 …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #554 ST. PETERSBURG, FL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #5242 Battle Creek, M in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #5242 Battle Creek, M averages 2.8 TCR (83% 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 #5242 Battle Creek, M TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=8.5 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #5242 Battle Creek, M falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 54 Retail Other employers in Michigan.

Big Lots Store #5242 Battle Creek, M (20 employees, TCR 2.8) 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 #5242 Battle Creek, M
Big Lots Store #5242 Battle Creek, M (20 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #5242 Battle Creek, M 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
2018 8.5 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · MI · Battle Creek

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 161 employers in Battle Creek, MI · 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 #554 ST. PETERSBURG, FL 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1461 COLUMBUS, GA 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4665 Hanford, CA 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4724 Phoenix, AZ 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tholrund Brothers 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indeck Niles Energy Center 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michigan Solar Solutions West 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE WTB Tuscola Bay Wind Plant 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Denso Manufacturing of Michigan 2,702 FTE
CITY-NEAR BRONSON BATTLE CREEK 1,530 FTE
CITY-NEAR Battle Creek HQ Corporate Office 1,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR I I Stanley Co., Inc. 729 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #5248 Palatine Bridge 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR De Nora Tech Chardon 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 04-Kenosha 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Atrium Post Acute Care of Marshfield 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #5241 Blue Springs, M 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Victor- Branch 14 &15 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #175 LOUISVILLE, KY 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE REN549 Allgood Rome 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: 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.