Retail Other · Maryland

Big Lots Store #5300 Germantown, MD

Germantown, MD · ~29 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #5300 Germantown, MD runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade A.

Big Lots Store #5300 Germantown, MD: 1.7 TCR = 49% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #5300 Germantown, MD safety composite

Big Lots Store #5300 Germantown, MD scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% 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 #5300 Germantown, MD held a steady TCR band

Big Lots Store #5300 Germantown, MD's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=6.6 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.7 · 49% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/48
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #5100…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #5100 Daytona Beach, FL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #5300 Germantown, MD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #5300 Germantown, MD averages 1.7 TCR (49% 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 #5300 Germantown, MD TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=6.6 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #5300 Germantown, MD falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 48 Retail Other employers in Maryland.

Big Lots Store #5300 Germantown, MD (29 employees, TCR 1.7) 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 #5300 Germantown, MD
Big Lots Store #5300 Germantown, MD (29 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #5300 Germantown, MD 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 0.0 0.0 0 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 6.7 0.0 1 0 0
2018 6.6 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 · MD · Germantown

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 55 employers in Germantown, MD · 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 #5100 Daytona Beach, FL 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 977 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #422 YPSILANTI, MI 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4677 Sparks, NV 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fort Smallwood 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Frederick Division 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE WGL MD - Rockville 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE IPS - Integrated Project Services, LLC - Germantown 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hughes Network Systems, LLC. 1,115 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holy Cross Hospital-Germantown 813 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holy Cross Germantown Hospital-HCH-MD 775 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2357 520 FTE
NAT-TCR Grey's Anatomy Production 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Inlet Energy- Anchorage Warehouse 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR BD St. Louis 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Electrical Professional Services, Inc 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #5443 Lebanon, MO 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4262 PEMBROKE PINES, FL 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4315 LOS ANGELES, CA 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #5358 Elyria, OH 29 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.