Retail Other · Connecticut
Big Lots Store #5296 Middletown, CT
Middletown, CT · ~24 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Big Lots Store #5296 Middletown, CT runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade C.
Big Lots Store #5296 Middletown, CT: 3.3 TCR = 96% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Big Lots Store #5296 Middletown, CT safety composite
Big Lots Store #5296 Middletown, CT 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 3.25 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%).
Rising injury rate
Big Lots Store #5296 Middletown, CT: 0.0 → 8.9 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 8.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023
Big Lots Store #5296 Middletown, CT's TCR rose 8.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 8.9 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 452990 · Middletown, CT AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 96% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #10/58
- PHOTO Big Lots Store #1599…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~24 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1599 SAN ANTONIO, TX (0.0 TCR gap)
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Big Lots Store #5296 Middletown, CT in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Big Lots Store #5296 Middletown, CT
3.3 TCR
- Big Lots Store
Big Lots Store #1599 SAN ANTONIO, TX
3.3 TCR
- Runnings of Mi
Runnings of Mitchell
3.3 TCR
- Big Lots Store
Big Lots Store #5148 Tifton, GA
3.3 TCR
- Big Lots Store
Big Lots Store #5404 Danville, VA
3.3 TCR
What this shows Big Lots Store #5296 Middletown, CT averages 3.3 TCR (96% of the Retail Other BLS benchmark).
Big Lots Store #5296 Middletown, CT TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=7.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=8.9 · BLS 3.4
Where Big Lots Store #5296 Middletown, CT falls in its industry
2,120 Retail Other establishmentsSafer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.
Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 58 Retail Other employers in Connecticut.
Big Lots Store #5296 Middletown, CT 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 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 · CT · Middletown
2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 119 employers in Middletown, CT · 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 #1599 SAN ANTONIO, TX | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Runnings of Mitchell | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Big Lots Store #5148 Tifton, GA | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Big Lots Store #5404 Danville, VA | 3.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bridgeport Energy | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | West Haven Waste Water Treatment | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | West Hartford Filters | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | UCE Fine Builders, Inc. | 24 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pratt & Whitney Middletown | 2,686 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MIDDLESEX HEALTH SYSTEM INC. | 2,666 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6458-MIDD | 1,435 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Middletown Public Schools | 1,105 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Stocker Hinge Manufacturing Company Division of ER Wagner | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Red Lake Transportation | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Anchorage 6415 Arctic | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Richken Painting Inc. | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Big Lots Store #5179 Sicklerville, NJ | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Big Lots Store #1863 West Springfield, MA | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Big Lots Store #4658 Revere, MA | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S & S Dairy | 24 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.