Grocery Store · California
Trader Joe's 0035 Costa Mesa
Costa Mesa, CA · ~124 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0035 Costa Mesa runs at 358% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0035 Costa Mesa: 12.2 TCR = 358% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0035 Costa Mesa safety composite
Trader Joe's 0035 Costa Mesa scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).
25/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 12.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% 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
Trader Joe's 0035 Costa Mesa: 3.8 → 8.5 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 22.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.4× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0035 Costa Mesa's TCR rose 4.7 from 3.8 in 2017 to 8.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 22.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Costa Mesa, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 12.2 · 358% of ind
- DART 4.9 DART
- RANK #3895/4686
- PHOTO Trader Joe's 0586 Gl…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 45 inj
- SIZE ~124 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0586 Glastonbury (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0035 Costa Mesa in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0035 Costa Mesa
12.2 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0586 Glastonbury
12.2 TCR
- 6962-ABS-0029-
6962-ABS-0029-0028-00355
12.2 TCR
- 6962-SWY-0029-
6962-SWY-0029-0029-02164
12.2 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0699 Algonquin
12.2 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0035 Costa Mesa averages 12.2 TCR (358% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0035 Costa Mesa TCR series: 2017=3.8 · 2018=8.9 · 2019=8.5 · 2020=13.1 · 2021=20.2 · 2022=22 · 2023=12.2 · 2024=8.5 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0035 Costa Mesa falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery Store establishmentsSafer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3895 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.
Trader Joe's 0035 Costa Mesa has more employees than the Grocery Store median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.5 | 4.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12.2 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 22.0 | 19.6 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| 2021 | 20.2 | 16.6 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| 2020 | 13.1 | 10.8 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.5 | 4.8 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.9 | 3.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · CA · Costa Mesa
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 185 employers in Costa Mesa, CA · 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 | Trader Joe's 0586 Glastonbury | 12.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6962-ABS-0029-0028-00355 | 12.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6962-SWY-0029-0029-02164 | 12.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0699 Algonquin | 12.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Rancho Guadalupe | 124 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Andrew Smith Company | 124 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Four Star Management LLC | 124 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | California | 124 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PACIFIC AMPHITHEATER | 863 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | OC Fair & Event Center | 861 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Costa Mesa | 670 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PACWEST Security Services | 567 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | PrairieSons | 12.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | JOB Erection & Engineering, Inc | 12.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Maine Course Hospitality Group - Augusta Fairfield Inn | 12.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | COD022 | 12.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Mid-City Supply Company, Inc. | 124 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pratt (Jet Corr), Inc. | 124 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Endura Products Inc, Sill Plant | 124 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pelican Valley Senior Living | 124 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.