Retail Other · Ohio

Big Lots Store #5356 Columbus, OH

Columbus, OH · ~25 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #5356 Columbus, OH runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade D.

Big Lots Store #5356 Columbus, OH: 5.2 TCR = 151% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #5356 Columbus, OH safety composite

Big Lots Store #5356 Columbus, OH scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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 #5356 Columbus, OH held a steady TCR band

Big Lots Store #5356 Columbus, OH's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 14.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=14.4 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=8.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 151% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #89/121
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #1076…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1076 SHAWNEE, OK (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #5356 Columbus, OH in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #5356 Columbus, OH averages 5.2 TCR (151% 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 #5356 Columbus, OH TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=14.4 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=8 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #5356 Columbus, OH falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 34% 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 #89 safest of 121 Retail Other employers in Ohio.

Big Lots Store #5356 Columbus, OH (25 employees, TCR 5.2) 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 #5356 Columbus, OH
Big Lots Store #5356 Columbus, OH (25 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #5356 Columbus, OH has more 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 8.0 0.0 1 0 0
2021 6.9 0.0 1 0 0
2020 6.7 0.0 1 0 0
2019 14.4 7.2 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · OH · Columbus

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,500 employers in Columbus, 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 #1076 SHAWNEE, OK 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2551 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Location 3 Lemon Grove 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 32 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rittman Orchards 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Convoy Dairy LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kalmbach Swine Management 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nature Pure Farm 2 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital 13,367 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus 10,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverside Methodist Hospital 9,759 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1 5,057 FTE
NAT-TCR Harlow's School Bus Service - Mandan 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Diversicare of Tupelo 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Windcrest Health and Rehabilitation 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SNL Distribution Services Corp-Lenexa 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4547 Springfield, OR 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4512 KLAMATH FALLS, OR 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1628 PLANTATION, FL 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #5327 Tallahassee, FL 25 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.