Grocery Store · California
Trader Joe's 0084 Castro Valley
Castro Valley, CA · ~129 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0084 Castro Valley runs at 430% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0084 Castro Valley: 14.6 TCR = 430% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0084 Castro Valley safety composite
Trader Joe's 0084 Castro Valley 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 14.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Trader Joe's 0084 Castro Valley: 8.2 → 9.3 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 27.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.5× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0084 Castro Valley's TCR rose 1.1 from 8.2 in 2017 to 9.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 27.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Castro Valley, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 14.6 · 430% of ind
- DART 7.3 DART
- RANK #4212/4686
- PHOTO SWY-0025-0025-01883 …
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 86 inj
- SIZE ~129 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: SWY-0025-0025-01883 FAC-01883-AMERICAN CANYON-CA (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0084 Castro Valley in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0084 Castro Valley
14.6 TCR
- SWY-0025-0025-
SWY-0025-0025-01883 FAC-01883-AMERICAN CANYON-CA
14.6 TCR
- King Cash Save
King Cash Saver # 78
14.6 TCR
- 363
363
14.6 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0253 Santa Monica
14.6 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0084 Castro Valley averages 14.6 TCR (430% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0084 Castro Valley TCR series: 2017=8.2 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=13.3 · 2020=13 · 2021=27.6 · 2022=24 · 2023=13.5 · 2024=9.3 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0084 Castro Valley 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 #4212 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.
Trader Joe's 0084 Castro Valley 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 | 9.3 | 7.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 13.5 | 8.3 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 24.0 | 18.9 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 27.6 | 18.8 | 15 | 7 | 0 |
| 2020 | 13.0 | 7.1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 13.3 | 3.3 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.1 | 4.6 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.2 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · CA · Castro Valley
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 28 employers in Castro Valley, 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 | SWY-0025-0025-01883 FAC-01883-AMERICAN CANYON-CA | 14.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | King Cash Saver # 78 | 14.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 363 | 14.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0253 Santa Monica | 14.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | MIGUEL OLIVARES & SONS | 129 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SUPERIOR AG. | 129 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Manco Ag Services | 129 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | LADWP 11791 TRUESDALE | 129 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sutter Bay Hospitals (30301) | 1,368 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Eden Medical Center (207-EMC) | 1,357 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ono-224 | 910 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Baywood Court | 208 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 1854 LKQ of Washington | 14.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mitchell | 14.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Magic Tilt Trailers, Inc. | 14.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sanel NAPA Store #927 | 14.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Knutson Construction Rochester | 129 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S06935 - San Tan Hauling | 129 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cook Hospital & Care Center | 129 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Somerpointe Realty | 129 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.