Grocery Store · California
Trader Joe's 0059 Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA · ~125 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 15.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0059 Santa Barbara runs at 457% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0059 Santa Barbara: 15.5 TCR = 457% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0059 Santa Barbara safety composite
Trader Joe's 0059 Santa Barbara scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 15.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% 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
−18.6
2017→2024
Trader Joe's 0059 Santa Barbara injury rate improved
Trader Joe's 0059 Santa Barbara's TCR fell 18.6 from 22.1 in 2017 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 23.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=22.1 · 2018=14.7 · 2019=10.6 · 2020=17.7 · 2021=23.5 · 2022=22.6 · 2023=9.7 · 2024=3.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Santa Barbara, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 15.5 · 457% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK #4285/4686
- PHOTO Trader Joe's 0305 Co…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 69 inj
- SIZE ~125 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0305 Colorado Springs (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0059 Santa Barbara in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0059 Santa Barbara
15.5 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0305 Colorado Springs
15.5 TCR
- 6400-SWY-0019-
6400-SWY-0019-0019-01888
15.5 TCR
- VAL 11
VAL 11
15.5 TCR
- 169
169
15.5 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0059 Santa Barbara averages 15.5 TCR (457% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0059 Santa Barbara TCR series: 2017=22.1 · 2018=14.7 · 2019=10.6 · 2020=17.7 · 2021=23.5 · 2022=22.6 · 2023=9.7 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0059 Santa Barbara falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery Store establishmentsSafer than 4% 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 #4285 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.
Trader Joe's 0059 Santa Barbara 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 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 22.6 | 16.3 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
| 2021 | 23.5 | 18.3 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
| 2020 | 17.7 | 10.6 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.6 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 14.7 | 9.8 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 22.1 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · CA · Santa Barbara
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 173 employers in Santa Barbara, 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 0305 Colorado Springs | 15.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6400-SWY-0019-0019-01888 | 15.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | VAL 11 | 15.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 169 | 15.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Maywood Farms | 125 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bowland Vineyard Management, Inc. | 125 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ventura Pacific | 125 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Heritage Farms LLC | 125 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UC Santa Barbara | 10,779 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital | 3,298 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Santa Barbara | 1,587 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Big Green Santa Barbara | 674 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Euphrates Inc | 15.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Clackamas, OR | 15.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0305 Colorado Springs | 15.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cameron Tool Company, LLC | 15.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0147 Seattle | 125 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Monterey Mills | 125 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hobey's Inc | 125 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Isd #32 | 125 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.