Retail Other · Virginia

Big Lots Store #5419 Galax, VA

Galax, VA · ~19 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #5419 Galax, VA runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade C.

Big Lots Store #5419 Galax, VA: 3.0 TCR = 88% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #5419 Galax, VA safety composite

Big Lots Store #5419 Galax, VA 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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 #5419 Galax, VA held a steady TCR band

Big Lots Store #5419 Galax, VA's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=0.0 · 2022=9.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Galax, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 88% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #28/59
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #1173…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1173 LEHIGHTON, PA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #5419 Galax, VA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #5419 Galax, VA averages 3.0 TCR (88% 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 #5419 Galax, VA TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=9 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #5419 Galax, VA falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 59 Retail Other employers in Virginia.

Big Lots Store #5419 Galax, VA (19 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 #5419 Galax, VA
Big Lots Store #5419 Galax, VA (19 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #5419 Galax, VA 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 9.0 9.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · VA · Galax

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 31 employers in Galax, VA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1173 LEHIGHTON, PA 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Stores #5368 Williamsburg, VA 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5281 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 405 Northumberland NH 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Silver Creek & Seamans Orchard, Inc 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Temperanceville Growout 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gordonsville Power Station 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Manassas Office 19 FTE
CITY-NEAR DLP TWIN COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTHCARE LLC 462 FTE
CITY-NEAR Twin Co Regional Hospital 390 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1023 375 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1023 359 FTE
NAT-TCR Data Device Corporation 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR premier truck group of knoxville 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Van-Mulder Sheet Metal, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Gregory Poole Equipment Company- Fayetteville 3.0 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. 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.