Grocery Store · California
Trader Joe's 0103 Laguna Niguel
Laguna Niguel, CA · ~84 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 26.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0103 Laguna Niguel runs at 765% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0103 Laguna Niguel: 26.0 TCR = 765% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0103 Laguna Niguel safety composite
Trader Joe's 0103 Laguna Niguel 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).
13/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 26.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 0% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 21.24 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% 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 0103 Laguna Niguel: 19.0 → 24.5 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 35.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.82× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0103 Laguna Niguel's TCR rose 5.5 from 19.0 in 2017 to 24.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 35.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Laguna Niguel, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 26.0 · 765% of ind
- DART 21.2 DART
- RANK #4668/4686
- PHOTO Trader Joe's 0072 Em…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 99 inj
- SIZE ~84 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0072 Emeryville (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0103 Laguna Niguel in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0103 Laguna Niguel
26 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0072 Emeryville
26 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0639 North Wales
26 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0788 Crestview Hills
26 TCR
- RPB 68
RPB 68
25.9 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0103 Laguna Niguel averages 26.0 TCR (765% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0103 Laguna Niguel TCR series: 2017=19 · 2018=17.8 · 2019=22.5 · 2020=26.1 · 2021=31.9 · 2022=30.4 · 2023=35.8 · 2024=24.5 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0103 Laguna Niguel 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 #4668 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.
Trader Joe's 0103 Laguna Niguel 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 | 24.5 | 21.2 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 35.8 | 21.2 | 18 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 30.4 | 23.2 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| 2021 | 31.9 | 24.8 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 26.1 | 16.3 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 22.5 | 3.5 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 17.8 | 3.5 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 19.0 | 9.5 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · CA · Laguna Niguel
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 39 employers in Laguna Niguel, 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 0072 Emeryville | 26.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0639 North Wales | 26.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0788 Crestview Hills | 26.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RPB 68 | 25.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | montalvo farms | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hansen Custom Farming, LLC | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hilarides Dairy | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | McIntyre Labor Service, LLC. | 84 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Camarillo Senior Living | 7,947 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0690 - LAGUNA MARKETPLACE CA WHSE | 328 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2206 | 275 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0028 - LAGUNA NIGUEL CA WHSE | 268 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Guilford County - Animal Services | 26.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Complete Care Severna Park | 26.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bickford of Bourbonnais | 26.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Allina Health Emergency Medical Services New Ulm | 26.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | C043 South Bend | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | C011 Evansville | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0728 Coralville | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0769 Jacksonville | 84 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.