Retail Other · Ohio

Big Lots Store #5243 Columbus, OH

Columbus, OH · ~21 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #5243 Columbus, OH runs at 33% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade A.

Big Lots Store #5243 Columbus, OH: 1.1 TCR = 33% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #5243 Columbus, OH safety composite

Big Lots Store #5243 Columbus, OH scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% 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 #5243 Columbus, OH: 0.0 → 9.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 9.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

Big Lots Store #5243 Columbus, OH's TCR rose 9.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 9.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Columbus, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 33% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/121
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #1752…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1752 Mayfield, KY (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #5243 Columbus, OH in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #5243 Columbus, OH averages 1.1 TCR (33% 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 #5243 Columbus, OH TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=9 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #5243 Columbus, OH falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 121 Retail Other employers in Ohio.

Big Lots Store #5243 Columbus, OH (21 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 #5243 Columbus, OH
Big Lots Store #5243 Columbus, OH (21 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #5243 Columbus, OH 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 9.0 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 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 · OH · Columbus

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,500 employers in Columbus, OH · 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 #1752 Mayfield, KY 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1543 ROUND LAKE BEACH, IL 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1755 CENTERREACH, NY 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5346 Bridgeport, OH 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grand Republic 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hog and Maintenance 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Case Farms Hatchery 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Case Farms winesburg hatchery 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital 13,367 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus 10,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverside Methodist Hospital 9,759 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1 5,057 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1543 ROUND LAKE BEACH, IL 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Premier Truck of Idaho Falls 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Asco Aerospace USA 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Snohomish WA - PACS 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #535 OCALA, FL 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1643 MATTHEWS, NC 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #5195 Fayetteville, GA 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4519 SHOW LOW, AZ 21 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.