Retail Other · Florida

Big Lots Store #553 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL

Ft. Lauderdale, FL · ~21 workers · 8 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 #553 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade C.

Big Lots Store #553 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL: 3.9 TCR = 115% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #553 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL safety composite

Big Lots Store #553 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Big Lots Store #553 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL: 6.0 → 9.6 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 9.6 TCR · DART/TCR 2.46× in 2023

Big Lots Store #553 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL's TCR rose 3.7 from 6.0 in 2016 to 9.6 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Ft. Lauderdale, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 115% of ind

  • DART 9.6 DART
  • RANK #72/120
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #564 …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #564 TARPON SPRINGS, FL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #553 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #553 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL 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 #553 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL TCR series: 2016=6 · 2017=0 · 2018=7 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=8.7 · 2023=9.6 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #553 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL 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 Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #72 safest of 120 Retail Other employers in Florida.

Big Lots Store #553 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL (21 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 #553 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL
Big Lots Store #553 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL (21 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 #553 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL 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 9.6 9.6 1 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.0 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 6.0 6.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · FL · Ft. Lauderdale

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 111 employers in Ft. Lauderdale, FL · 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 #564 TARPON SPRINGS, FL 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2666 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2915 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1484 AMARILLO, TX 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE SMR Farms 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Woerner Farms LLC - CLA 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Parkesdale Farms Packing & Cooling Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE TELOGIA POWER LLC 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holy Cross Nursing Network 2,937 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holy Cross North Ridge Medical 2,937 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holy Cross Health Ministries 2,937 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holy Cross Hospital, INC 2,607 FTE
NAT-TCR STR0074 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR HealthStar - Casa Grande 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR STL St. Louis Lambert International Airport 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Astoria Health & Rehab 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #5437 Delaware, OH 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1692 SUMTER, SC 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1684 BOONE, NC 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4602 Roseville, CA 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, 2016. 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.