Grocery Store · California
Trader Joe's 0048 Whittier
Whittier, CA · ~89 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 24.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0048 Whittier runs at 719% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0048 Whittier: 24.5 TCR = 719% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0048 Whittier safety composite
Trader Joe's 0048 Whittier scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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 24.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 0% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% 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
−11.5
2017→2024
Trader Joe's 0048 Whittier injury rate improved
Trader Joe's 0048 Whittier's TCR fell 11.5 from 30.5 in 2017 to 19.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 34.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=30.5 · 2018=17.3 · 2019=21.8 · 2020=25.3 · 2021=32.1 · 2022=34.5 · 2023=15.2 · 2024=19.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Whittier, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 24.5 · 719% of ind
- DART 8.8 DART
- RANK #4651/4686
- PHOTO Trader Joe's 0710 St…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 87 inj
- SIZE ~89 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0710 St. Louis Park (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0048 Whittier in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0048 Whittier
24.5 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0710 St. Louis Park
24.5 TCR
- 2063 Swn4
2063 Swn4
24.5 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0184 Chatsworth
24.4 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0404 Fort Worth
24.4 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0048 Whittier averages 24.5 TCR (719% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0048 Whittier TCR series: 2017=30.5 · 2018=17.3 · 2019=21.8 · 2020=25.3 · 2021=32.1 · 2022=34.5 · 2023=15.2 · 2024=19 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0048 Whittier falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery Store establishmentsSafer than 0% 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 #4651 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.
Trader Joe's 0048 Whittier 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 | 19.0 | 8.8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15.2 | 9.1 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 34.5 | 29.6 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| 2021 | 32.1 | 16.9 | 12 | 7 | 0 |
| 2020 | 25.3 | 12.6 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 21.8 | 9.1 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 17.3 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 30.5 | 9.0 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · CA · Whittier
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 124 employers in Whittier, 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 0710 St. Louis Park | 24.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0184 Chatsworth | 24.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 2063 Swn4 | 24.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0404 Fort Worth | 24.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bud of California Broccoli | 89 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | GMI - CA | 89 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ramona | 89 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Booth Ranches LLC-BR1 | 89 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PIH Health Hospital - Whittier | 3,609 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 499 | 2,621 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PIH Health Hospital - Downey | 1,130 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PIH Health Physicians | 819 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0710 St. Louis Park | 24.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Monroe 1 | 24.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mesa Vista | 24.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Minnesota Metalworks, Inc. | 24.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | St. Charles Elementary | 89 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ind Sch Dist 2580 | 89 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | New Era Converting Machinery, Inc. | 89 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | J. Strickland & Co. | 89 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.