Grocery Store · California

Trader Joe's 0064 Capitola

Capitola, CA · ~127 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
25.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Trader Joe's 0064 Capitola runs at 738% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.

Trader Joe's 0064 Capitola: 25.1 TCR = 738% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Trader Joe's 0064 Capitola safety composite

Trader Joe's 0064 Capitola 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).

F

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 25.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

Trader Joe's 0064 Capitola held a steady TCR band

Trader Joe's 0064 Capitola's TCR held near 0.0 from 18.2 in 2017 to 18.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 40.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=18.2 · 2018=17.6 · 2019=20.1 · 2020=25.3 · 2021=37.2 · 2022=40.4 · 2023=23.9 · 2024=18.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Capitola, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 25.1 · 738% of ind

  • DART 10.1 DART
  • RANK #4657/4686
  • PHOTO 1846 Fre45
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 125 inj
  • SIZE ~127 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1846 Fre45 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Trader Joe's 0064 Capitola in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Trader Joe's 0064 Capitola averages 25.1 TCR (738% 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 0064 Capitola TCR series: 2017=18.2 · 2018=17.6 · 2019=20.1 · 2020=25.3 · 2021=37.2 · 2022=40.4 · 2023=23.9 · 2024=18.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Trader Joe's 0064 Capitola falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery Store establishments

Safer than 0% 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 #4657 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.

Trader Joe's 0064 Capitola (127 employees, TCR 25.1) 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Trader Joe's 0064 Capitola
Trader Joe's 0064 Capitola (127 employees, TCR 25.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Trader Joe's 0064 Capitola 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 18.2 10.1 18 0 0
2023 23.9 17.1 13 8 0
2022 40.4 34.2 14 19 0
2021 37.2 30.3 20 7 0
2020 25.3 13.2 18 3 0
2019 20.1 10.6 16 1 0
2018 17.6 10.0 13 1 0
2017 18.2 11.7 13 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · CA · Capitola

30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 29 employers in Capitola, 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 1846 Fre45 25.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bristol Farms - 004 - BF Westchester 25.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trader Joe's 0460 Tulsa 25.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trader Joe's 0026 San Diego 25.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Christensen & Giannini LLC 1588 Moffett St., Ste B 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hokto Kinoko Company 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE Booth Ranches LLC - BR2 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3019_5835 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2795 - Capitola 186 FTE
CITY-NEAR Capitola Gayle's Inc. 146 FTE
CITY-NEAR Capitola 364 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toyota of Santa Cruz 141 FTE
NAT-TCR empirical foods, inc. - Lexington 25.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 1002-Ucpmc-Armory B - Tradewinds 25.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Marshfield Care Center 25.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dallas Vending 25.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE New Garden Landscaping 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fertile Beltrami School District 599 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. Waimea 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rouses Market #23 127 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.