Retail Other · Indiana

Big Lots Store #5381 Merrillville, IN

Name: Big Lots Store #5381 Merrillville, IN Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Merrillville, IN · ~20 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Big Lots Store #5381 Merrillville, IN runs at 43% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade A.

Big Lots Store #5381 Merrillville, IN: 1.5 TCR = 43% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #5381 Merrillville, IN safety composite

Big Lots Store #5381 Merrillville, IN scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% 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).

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% 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 #5381 Merrillville, IN held a steady TCR band

Big Lots Store #5381 Merrillville, IN's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=8.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Merrillville, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 43% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #8/47
PHOTO Big Lots Store #1972…
BOOK 6y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1972 STILLWATER, OK (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Big Lots Store #5381 Merrillville, IN averages 1.5 TCR (43% of the Retail Other BLS benchmark).

Big Lots Store #5381 Merrillville, IN TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=8.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #5381 Merrillville, IN falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 47 Retail Other employers in Indiana.

Big Lots Store #5381 Merrillville, IN (20 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #5381 Merrillville, IN has fewer 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
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	8.7	8.7	1
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · IN · Merrillville

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 97 employers in Merrillville, IN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Big Lots Store #1972 STILLWATER, OK	STILLWATER, OK	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Big Lots Store #1473 ROME, GA	ROME, GA	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Roses 492	KANNAPOLIS, NC	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	209	OZARK, AR	1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Hoosierland Pork	KINGMAN	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Interstate Family Farm, LLC	REMINGTON	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corydon Growout	CORYDON	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	HVA P&C Inc.	INDIANAPOLIS	20 FTE
CITY-NEAR	275-NiSource-Merrillville IN-SLC	Merrillville	796 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Albanese Confectionery Group	Merrillville	591 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1618	Merrillville	377 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Regional Mental Health Center	Merrillville	371 FTE
NAT-TCR	Options Services Inc	Merriam, KS	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rockwell Automation- Twinsburg OH (TWB)	Twinsburg, OH	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Htpn / Tenet	Rockwall, TX	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Chuckles, Inc.	Manchester, NH	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Big Lots Store #1386 Chalmette, LA	Chalmette, LA	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Big Lots Store #1780 Richmond, VA	Richmond, VA	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Big Lots Store #5096 Independence, MO	Independence, MO	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Big Lots Store #5262 Granville, NY	Granville, NY	20 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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