Retail Other · Kentucky

Big Lots Store #5388 Owensboro, KY

Owensboro, KY · ~25 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #5388 Owensboro, KY runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade C.

Big Lots Store #5388 Owensboro, KY: 3.9 TCR = 115% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #5388 Owensboro, KY safety composite

Big Lots Store #5388 Owensboro, KY scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% 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).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−13.0

2019→2023

Big Lots Store #5388 Owensboro, KY injury rate improved

Big Lots Store #5388 Owensboro, KY's TCR fell 13.0 from 13.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 13.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=13.0 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Owensboro, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 115% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #25/44
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #1484…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1484 AMARILLO, TX (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #5388 Owensboro, KY in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #5388 Owensboro, KY averages 3.9 TCR (115% 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 #5388 Owensboro, KY TCR series: 2019=13 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #5388 Owensboro, KY falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 44 Retail Other employers in Kentucky.

Big Lots Store #5388 Owensboro, KY (25 employees, TCR 3.9) 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 #5388 Owensboro, KY
Big Lots Store #5388 Owensboro, KY (25 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #5388 Owensboro, KY has more 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 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 6.5 6.5 1 0 0
2019 13.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · KY · Owensboro

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 184 employers in Owensboro, KY · 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 #1484 AMARILLO, TX 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4278 MURRIETTA, CA 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1751 WARREN, OH 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5083 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Murdock Farms Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lane's End Farm Oak Tree Division 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henderson Municipal Gas 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wescott Construction 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Health Regional Hospital 2,305 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Public Schools 969 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Independent 903 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swedish Match 816 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1751 WARREN, OH 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4278 MURRIETTA, CA 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1484 AMARILLO, TX 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Washington- Harmony Clubhouse 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #5375 Valdosta, GA 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4504 Surprise, AZ 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4045 VICTORVILLE, CA 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1601 FLINT, MI 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. 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.