Retail Other · Maryland

Big Lots Store #5259 Chester, MD

Name: Big Lots Store #5259 Chester, MD Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chester, MD · ~22 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.2
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Big Lots Store #5259 Chester, MD runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade C.

Big Lots Store #5259 Chester, MD: 3.2 TCR = 95% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #5259 Chester, MD safety composite

Big Lots Store #5259 Chester, MD 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).

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

−16.2

2017→2023

Big Lots Store #5259 Chester, MD injury rate improved

Big Lots Store #5259 Chester, MD's TCR fell 16.2 from 16.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=16.2 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=6.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Chester, MD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 95% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #18/48
PHOTO Big Lots Store #1016…
BOOK 7y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1016 YORK, PA (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Big Lots Store #5259 Chester, MD averages 3.2 TCR (95% of the Retail Other BLS benchmark).

Big Lots Store #5259 Chester, MD TCR series: 2017=16.2 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=6.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #5259 Chester, MD falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 48 Retail Other employers in Maryland.

Big Lots Store #5259 Chester, MD (22 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #5259 Chester, MD 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
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	6.4	6.4	1
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	16.2	8.1	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · MD · Chester

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 5 employers in Chester, MD · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Big Lots Store #1016 YORK, PA	YORK, PA	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Big Lots Store #5119 Monroe, NC	MONROE, NC	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Runnings of St Cloud	ST CLOUD, MN	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Big Lots Store #4051 CORONA, CA	CORONA, CA	3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	St. Charles Energy Center	WALDORF	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CRB Builders, LLC - Rockville Office	ROCKVILLE	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Harbel Inc	CUMBERLAND	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LCS:LC061 - LC061-Elkridge MD	ELKRIDGE	22 FTE
CITY-NEAR	5472-SWY 0035 1939	Chester	131 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NAI-0035-0035-01939 FAC-01939-CHESTER-MD	Chester	118 FTE
CITY-NEAR	5472-NAI-0035-0035-01939	Chester	113 FTE
CITY-NEAR	143 - West Marine Store	Chester	17 FTE
NAT-TCR	Big Lots Store #5119 Monroe, NC	Monroe, NC	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	463 - Pharmacy Central Fill #1	Fort Wayne, IN	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Waconia Dodge, Inc	Waconia, MN	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hickory Bedding Plant	Hickory, NC	3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Big Lots Store #4457 TRACY, CA	Tracy, CA	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Big Lots Store #810 CHESAPEAKE, VA	Chesapeake, VA	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Big Lots Store #1396 Wappingers Fall, NY	Wappingers Falls, NY	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Big Lots Store #446 PERU, IL	Peru, IL	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. 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.