Industry profile · NAICS 452990
Catalog showrooms, general merchandise (except catalog mail-order)
Workplace injury rates across 2,397 OSHA-reporting establishments in this industry, 2016–2024.
- 2,397
- Employers
- 4.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- BLS benchmark
- 26,789
- Injuries
The industry picture
Employers in Catalog showrooms, general merchandise (except catalog mail-order) average 4.6 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 1.4 times the BLS national benchmark of 3.4.
- 4.6
- avg TCR · reporting employers
- 3.4
- BLS national benchmark
- 2,397
- employers reporting
- 26,789
- recordable injuries
OSHA-reporting establishments skew toward larger, higher-hazard sites, so the reporting average runs above the BLS all-establishment benchmark.
What Catalog showrooms, general merchandise (except catalog mail-order) Safety Data Reveals
The Catalog showrooms, general merchandise (except catalog mail-order) sector (NAICS 452990) encompasses 2,397 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 26,789 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window, producing an industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 4.6 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year. Because OSHA's ITA mandates submission from establishments with 250+ employees plus all high-hazard industries at 20+ employees, this dataset represents a structural slice of U.S. workplace risk rather than a voluntary sample.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a separate national benchmark TCR of 3.4 for this NAICS code, derived from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Comparing the two, the ITA-reported rate of 4.6 is higher than the BLS benchmark, a gap that typically widens when the industry contains many large, high-exposure establishments required to file ITA reports. Employers in the table below are sorted so you can see how far individual establishments deviate from both the industry average and the national benchmark.
The practical value of industry-level safety data is threefold. First, jobseekers can gauge whether a prospective employer is better or worse than its industry peers, not just absolute injury counts, which tilt toward larger payrolls. Second, insurers and workers' compensation carriers use sector TCR as a baseline for experience-modification adjustments. Third, safety professionals benchmark their own programs against the cohort median. Use the grade-sorted employer list below to identify specific establishments within Catalog showrooms, general merchandise (except catalog mail-order) that outperform or underperform the sector average, and click through to each record for year-by-year injury, illness, and fatality breakdowns.
Employers in this industry, by injury rate
Page 11 of 48| Employer | Location | Grade | Avg TCR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Runnings of Canby | Canby, MN | D | 6.0 |
| Big Lots Store #1880 West Mifflin, PA | West Mifflin, PA | D | 6.0 |
| 1482 | Tampa, FL | D | 6.0 |
| 3883 | Kapolei, HI | D | 6.0 |
| 5381 | Bethel Park, PA | D | 6.0 |
| 2224 | Williston, VT | D | 6.0 |
| Big Lots Store #1448 ALLENTOWN, PA | Allentown, PA | D | 6.0 |
| Big Lots Store #5235 Fuquay Variina, NC | Fuquay Varina, NC | D | 6.0 |
| Big Lots Store #4528 Portland, OR | Portland, OR | D | 6.0 |
| Davis Monthan AFB-BSC | Tucson, AZ | D | 6.0 |
| Big Lots Store #1154 NEW BRAUNFELS, TX | New Braunfels, TX | D | 6.0 |
| 316 Windsor Locks CT | Windsor Locks, CT | D | 6.0 |
| Mast Store - Annex | Valle Crucis, NC | D | 6.0 |
| Big Lots Store #1684 BOONE, NC | Boone, NC | D | 6.0 |
| Big Lots Store #1761 Dubois, PA | Du Bois, PA | D | 6.0 |
| Big Lots Store #4038 SAN DIEGO, CA | San Diego, CA | D | 6.0 |
| 1963 | Turlock, CA | D | 5.9 |
| 2897 | Southington, CT | D | 5.9 |
| Big Lots Store #1853 Englewood, FL | Englewood, FL | D | 5.9 |
| Big Lots Store #58 MOREHEAD, KY | Morehead, KY | D | 5.9 |
| Big Lots Store #1857 West Columbia, SC | West Columbia, SC | D | 5.9 |
| Big Lots Store #4266 CHICO, CA | Chico, CA | D | 5.9 |
| 5436 | Wilmington, DE | D | 5.9 |
| 2903 | Chelmsford, MA | D | 5.9 |
| 112 Warwick RI | Warwick, RI | D | 5.9 |
| 213 Buzzards Bay MA | Buzzards Bay, MA | D | 5.9 |
| Big Lots Store #1741 WEST HAZELTON, PA | West Hazelton, PA | D | 5.9 |
| Big Lots Store #5132 West Deptford, NJ | West Deptford, NJ | D | 5.9 |
| 2583 | Uniondale, NY | D | 5.9 |
| 2163 | Shelton, CT | D | 5.9 |
| Big Lots Store #1496 PARMA HEIGHTS, OH | Parma Heights, OH | D | 5.9 |
| Big Lots Store #1783 Derby, CT | Derby, CT | D | 5.9 |
| Redwood Falls Runnings | Redwood Falls, MN | D | 5.9 |
| Big Lots Store #5254 York, PA | York, PA | D | 5.9 |
| Big Lots Store #4262 PEMBROKE PINES, FL | Pembroke Pines, FL | D | 5.9 |
| 2841 | Lumberton, NJ | D | 5.9 |
| 116 Hope Valley RI | Wyoming, RI | D | 5.9 |
| Big Lots Store #5229 Burton, MI | Burton, MI | D | 5.9 |
| Big Lots Store #5231 Boyertown, PA | Boyertown, PA | D | 5.8 |
| 2236 | Harleysville, PA | D | 5.8 |
| 2952 | Murrieta, CA | D | 5.8 |
| 2020 | Rensselaer, IN | D | 5.8 |
| 3266 | East Windsor, NJ | D | 5.8 |
| Big Lots Store #1965 Clinton, MS | Clinton, MS | D | 5.8 |
| 1095 | Glenwood Springs, CO | D | 5.8 |
| Big Lots Store #5334 Hamilton, NJ | Hamilton, NJ | D | 5.8 |
| Big Lots Store #1675 DANVILLE, VA | Danville, VA | D | 5.8 |
| 3200 | Weymouth, MA | D | 5.8 |
| Big Lots Store #4128 VAN NUYS, CA | Van Nuys, CA | D | 5.8 |
| Stockdale's Selmer | Selmer, TN | D | 5.8 |
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