Grocery Store · California
Trader Joe's 0041 San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA · ~128 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 18.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0041 San Luis Obispo runs at 556% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0041 San Luis Obispo: 18.9 TCR = 556% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0041 San Luis Obispo safety composite
Trader Joe's 0041 San Luis Obispo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 18.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% 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
−2.7
2017→2024
Trader Joe's 0041 San Luis Obispo injury rate improved
Trader Joe's 0041 San Luis Obispo's TCR fell 2.7 from 18.5 in 2017 to 15.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 44.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=18.5 · 2018=14.6 · 2019=4.0 · 2020=10.1 · 2021=30.4 · 2022=44.4 · 2023=13.3 · 2024=15.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · San Luis Obispo, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 18.9 · 556% of ind
- DART 9.1 DART
- RANK #4507/4686
- PHOTO Trader Joe's 0186 Be…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 75 inj
- SIZE ~128 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0186 Berkeley (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0041 San Luis Obispo in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0041 San Luis Obispo
18.9 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0186 Berkeley
18.9 TCR
- 6962-SWY 0029
6962-SWY 0029 2272
18.9 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0632 Wayne
18.9 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0517 Cambridge
18.9 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0041 San Luis Obispo averages 18.9 TCR (556% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0041 San Luis Obispo TCR series: 2017=18.5 · 2018=14.6 · 2019=4 · 2020=10.1 · 2021=30.4 · 2022=44.4 · 2023=13.3 · 2024=15.8 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0041 San Luis Obispo falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery Store establishmentsSafer than 2% 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 #4507 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.
Trader Joe's 0041 San Luis Obispo 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 | 15.8 | 9.1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 13.3 | 9.7 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 44.4 | 35.5 | 13 | 22 | 0 |
| 2021 | 30.4 | 26.2 | 8 | 14 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.1 | 4.3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 14.6 | 8.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 18.5 | 14.3 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · CA · San Luis Obispo
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 177 employers in San Luis Obispo, 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 0186 Berkeley | 18.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6962-SWY 0029 2272 | 18.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0632 Wayne | 18.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0517 Cambridge | 18.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Dick Peixoto Company | 128 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BATTH FARMS | 128 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Main operations location | 128 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | McIntyre Labor Services, LLC. | 128 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bella Vista Transitional Care Center | 8,119 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Men's Colony - San Luis Obispo | 1,599 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Men's Colony | 1,482 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 279 | 946 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Beecher Fire Protection District | 18.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tmp Opco LLC | 18.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Zinger Sheet Metal Company | 18.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0632 Wayne | 18.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | C041 Fort Wayne | 128 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Zimbrick East Side | 128 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0724 Bloomington | 128 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0752 Mt. Pleasant | 128 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.