Retail Other · Virginia

Big Lots Store #5281 Alexandria, VA

Alexandria, VA · ~30 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #5281 Alexandria, VA runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade B.

Big Lots Store #5281 Alexandria, VA: 1.9 TCR = 56% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #5281 Alexandria, VA safety composite

Big Lots Store #5281 Alexandria, VA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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 #5281 Alexandria, VA held a steady TCR band

Big Lots Store #5281 Alexandria, VA's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=6.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Alexandria, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 56% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/59
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #480 …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #480 PHENIX CITY, AL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #5281 Alexandria, VA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #5281 Alexandria, VA averages 1.9 TCR (56% 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 #5281 Alexandria, VA TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=6 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #5281 Alexandria, VA falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 59 Retail Other employers in Virginia.

Big Lots Store #5281 Alexandria, VA (30 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 #5281 Alexandria, VA
Big Lots Store #5281 Alexandria, VA (30 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #5281 Alexandria, VA 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 6.0 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.5 5.5 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · VA · Alexandria

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 335 employers in Alexandria, VA · 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 #480 PHENIX CITY, AL 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1631 ELMIRA, NY 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1866 Indianapolis, IN 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4673 Niles, IL 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE NAES : Altavista Power Station 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northwest River Water Treatment Plant 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Utilities - Wastewater Collections 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE First Class Contracting of Tidewater, LLC 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alexandria Rail Facility/Telegraph Road 1,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Inova Alexandria Hospital 1,512 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alexandria Rail Yard 996 FTE
CITY-NEAR Inova Mount Vernon Hospital 950 FTE
NAT-TCR Woodridge office 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Honda Power Equipment Mfg., Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Palmer Johnson Power Systems 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Diamond Crystal Brands 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4137 CANOGA PARK, CA 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4002 DOWNEY, CA 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Surgery & Gastro 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE RM Riviera Beach 30 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.