Retail Other · North Carolina
Big Lots Store #5302 Charlotte, NC
Charlotte, NC · ~20 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Big Lots Store #5302 Charlotte, NC runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade D.
Big Lots Store #5302 Charlotte, NC: 4.5 TCR = 134% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Big Lots Store #5302 Charlotte, NC safety composite
Big Lots Store #5302 Charlotte, NC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).
31/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.55 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 19.49 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% 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 #5302 Charlotte, NC: 0.0 → 19.5 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 19.5 TCR · DART/TCR 4.28× in 2023
Big Lots Store #5302 Charlotte, NC's TCR rose 19.5 from 0.0 in 2016 to 19.5 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 4.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 452990 · Charlotte, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 134% of ind
- DART 19.5 DART
- RANK #83/117
- PHOTO Runnings DC of Rome
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~20 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Runnings DC of Rome (0.0 TCR gap)
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Big Lots Store #5302 Charlotte, NC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Big Lots Store #5302 Charlotte, NC
4.5 TCR
- Runnings DC of
Runnings DC of Rome
4.5 TCR
- Big Lots Store
Big Lots Store #4432 SANTA PAULA, CA
4.5 TCR
- Salem Rural Ki
Salem Rural King
4.5 TCR
- 2031
2031
4.5 TCR
What this shows Big Lots Store #5302 Charlotte, NC averages 4.5 TCR (134% of the Retail Other BLS benchmark).
Big Lots Store #5302 Charlotte, NC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=7.9 · 2022=9 · 2023=19.5 · BLS 3.4
Where Big Lots Store #5302 Charlotte, NC falls in its industry
2,120 Retail Other establishmentsSafer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #83 safest of 117 Retail Other employers in North Carolina.
Big Lots Store #5302 Charlotte, NC has fewer employees than the Retail Other median and a higher 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 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 1 | 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 · NC · Charlotte
2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 2,058 employers in Charlotte, NC · 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 | Runnings DC of Rome | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Big Lots Store #4432 SANTA PAULA, CA | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Salem Rural King | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 2031 | 4.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Steve Thomas Farms | 20 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kent Smith Farms | 20 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ron Richmond | 20 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Thomas Family Farms, Inc. | 20 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1101-Carolinas Medical Center (1101) | 8,444 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0001-Carolinas Medical Center | 8,032 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4795-AA-CLT-CHARLOTTE-CLT-TRML | 7,295 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center | 4,973 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Decorative Panels International, Inc. | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Big Lots Store #4432 SANTA PAULA, CA | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sweet Briar College | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sioux Falls Clubhouse | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Big Lots Store #405 CLEVELAND, TN | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Big Lots Store #247 BLOOMINGTON, IN | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Big Lots Store #1834 Vestal, NY | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Big Lots Store #4480 SPOKANE, WA | 20 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.