Grocery Store · California

Trader Joe's 0037 Irvine

Irvine, CA · ~91 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Trader Joe's 0037 Irvine runs at 446% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.

Trader Joe's 0037 Irvine: 15.2 TCR = 446% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Trader Joe's 0037 Irvine safety composite

Trader Joe's 0037 Irvine scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−11.8

2017→2024

Trader Joe's 0037 Irvine injury rate improved

Trader Joe's 0037 Irvine's TCR fell 11.8 from 22.7 in 2017 to 10.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 22.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=22.7 · 2018=18.1 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=15.6 · 2021=10.7 · 2022=20.6 · 2023=16.3 · 2024=10.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Irvine, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.2 · 446% of ind

  • DART 6.3 DART
  • RANK #4252/4686
  • PHOTO 6962-SWY-0025-0025-0…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6962-SWY-0025-0025-00300 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Trader Joe's 0037 Irvine in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Trader Joe's 0037 Irvine averages 15.2 TCR (446% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Trader Joe's 0037 Irvine TCR series: 2017=22.7 · 2018=18.1 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=15.6 · 2021=10.7 · 2022=20.6 · 2023=16.3 · 2024=10.9 · BLS 3.4

Where Trader Joe's 0037 Irvine falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery Store establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4252 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.

Trader Joe's 0037 Irvine (91 employees, TCR 15.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Trader Joe's 0037 Irvine
Trader Joe's 0037 Irvine (91 employees, TCR 15.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Trader Joe's 0037 Irvine has fewer 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 10.9 6.3 7 0 0
2023 16.3 6.5 8 2 0
2022 20.6 19.0 5 8 0
2021 10.7 10.7 1 6 0
2020 15.6 10.9 3 7 0
2019 6.3 4.8 3 1 0
2018 18.1 11.5 11 0 0
2017 22.7 15.8 12 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · CA · Irvine

30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 622 employers in Irvine, 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 6962-SWY-0025-0025-00300 15.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-03116 15.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6400-SWY-0005-0005-02341 15.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5472-NAI-0033-0033-00623 15.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE CDK Agriculture, Inc. 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belridge 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Micro Paradox 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE CFS, LP. 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Irvine 16,029 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA-10 4,926 FTE
CITY-NEAR Edwards Lifesciences 4,189 FTE
CITY-NEAR Johnson and Johnson MDD CSS Irvine 3,775 FTE
NAT-TCR Giese Roofing Company 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Nancy Page 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ito-Ground Ops 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Rover Logistics LLC. 15.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Konsei USA, INC 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Palos West Elementary School 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Herrick & White, Ltd. 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE S03891 - Fort Walton Beach Hauling 91 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.