Retail Other · Ohio

Big Lots Store #5354 Blue Ash, OH

Blue Ash, OH · ~21 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #5354 Blue Ash, OH runs at 179% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade D.

Big Lots Store #5354 Blue Ash, OH: 6.1 TCR = 179% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #5354 Blue Ash, OH safety composite

Big Lots Store #5354 Blue Ash, OH scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−19.1

2017→2023

Big Lots Store #5354 Blue Ash, OH injury rate improved

Big Lots Store #5354 Blue Ash, OH's TCR fell 19.1 from 19.1 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 19.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=19.1 · 2018=7.4 · 2019=7.5 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=8.7 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Blue Ash, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 179% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #100/121
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #1377…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1377 Middletown, NY (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #5354 Blue Ash, OH in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #5354 Blue Ash, OH averages 6.1 TCR (179% 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 #5354 Blue Ash, OH TCR series: 2017=19.1 · 2018=7.4 · 2019=7.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=8.7 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #5354 Blue Ash, OH falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 23% 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 #100 safest of 121 Retail Other employers in Ohio.

Big Lots Store #5354 Blue Ash, OH (21 employees, TCR 6.1) 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 #5354 Blue Ash, OH
Big Lots Store #5354 Blue Ash, OH (21 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #5354 Blue Ash, 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 8.7 8.7 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 7.5 7.5 1 0 0
2018 7.4 7.4 1 0 0
2017 19.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · OH · Blue Ash

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 42 employers in Blue Ash, OH · 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 #1377 Middletown, NY 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5040 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2536 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3524 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grand Republic 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hog and Maintenance 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Case Farms Hatchery 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Case Farms winesburg hatchery 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcraft 699 FTE
CITY-NEAR OH_Blue Ash_10920 Kenwood Rd._54520003 429 FTE
CITY-NEAR 414-DC002 349 FTE
CITY-NEAR 014-00942 230 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1377 Middletown, NY 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Homeland 169 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR January Services, LLC 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR National Management Resources Delaware State 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4555 North Highlands, CA 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4178 LAS CRUCES, NM 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1997 SEAFORD, DE 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #555 STUART, FL 21 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. 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.