Retail Other · Ohio

Big Lots Store #5318 Middletown, OH

Middletown, OH · ~17 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #5318 Middletown, OH runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade D.

Big Lots Store #5318 Middletown, OH: 4.9 TCR = 144% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #5318 Middletown, OH safety composite

Big Lots Store #5318 Middletown, OH scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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).

D

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−7.6

2016→2023

Big Lots Store #5318 Middletown, OH injury rate improved

Big Lots Store #5318 Middletown, OH's TCR fell 7.6 from 7.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 23.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.6 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=23.3 · 2019=8.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Middletown, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 144% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #82/121
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #405 …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #405 CLEVELAND, TN (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #5318 Middletown, OH in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #5318 Middletown, OH averages 4.9 TCR (144% 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 #5318 Middletown, OH TCR series: 2016=7.6 · 2017=0 · 2018=23.3 · 2019=8.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #5318 Middletown, OH falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #82 safest of 121 Retail Other employers in Ohio.

Big Lots Store #5318 Middletown, OH (17 employees, TCR 4.9) 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 #5318 Middletown, OH
Big Lots Store #5318 Middletown, OH (17 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #5318 Middletown, OH 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 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 8.1 8.1 1 0 0
2018 23.3 7.8 3 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 7.6 7.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · OH · Middletown

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 125 employers in Middletown, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #405 CLEVELAND, TN 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2830 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Runnings of Hettinger 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5455 Newberry, SC 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oakshade Dairy LLC 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1296-NiSource-Columbus OH - Front Street 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE GEM Industrial Inc. - Cenovus, Oregon Refinery 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Boring Inc 17 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp. Middletown Works 2,339 FTE
CITY-NEAR AK Steel - Middletown Works 2,288 FTE
CITY-NEAR 870 - EFC1 Monroe, OH 1,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR Atrium Medical Center 1,345 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #405 CLEVELAND, TN 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Exact, Inc. 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Arnold Reception Desk Inc 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Trucchi's Supermarket #4 4.9 TCR

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.