Grocery Store · California
Trader Joe's 0104 Cerritos
Cerritos, CA · ~110 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 21.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0104 Cerritos runs at 639% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0104 Cerritos: 21.7 TCR = 639% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0104 Cerritos safety composite
Trader Joe's 0104 Cerritos scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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 21.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 23.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% 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 0104 Cerritos: 10.8 → 32.0 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 34.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.06× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0104 Cerritos's TCR rose 21.2 from 10.8 in 2017 to 32.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 34.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Cerritos, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 21.7 · 639% of ind
- DART 23.0 DART
- RANK #4599/4686
- PHOTO Trader Joe's 0574 Ha…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 82 inj
- SIZE ~110 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0574 Halfmoon (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0104 Cerritos in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- 20500002-782 S
20500002-782 STORE 782 - PETALUMA
21.8 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0049 Sherman Oaks
21.8 TCR
- 101
101
21.8 TCR
- This site
Trader Joe's 0104 Cerritos
21.7 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0574 Halfmoon
21.7 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0104 Cerritos averages 21.7 TCR (639% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0104 Cerritos TCR series: 2017=10.8 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=19.5 · 2020=27.1 · 2021=34.6 · 2022=32.1 · 2023=10.2 · 2024=32 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0104 Cerritos falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery Store establishmentsSafer than 1% 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 #4599 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.
Trader Joe's 0104 Cerritos 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 | 32.0 | 23.0 | 16 | 9 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.2 | 7.6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 32.1 | 26.8 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
| 2021 | 34.6 | 20.8 | 14 | 11 | 0 |
| 2020 | 27.1 | 21.4 | 12 | 7 | 0 |
| 2019 | 19.5 | 7.5 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10.8 | 4.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · CA · Cerritos
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 126 employers in Cerritos, 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 0574 Halfmoon | 21.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 20500002-782 STORE 782 - PETALUMA | 21.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0049 Sherman Oaks | 21.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 101 | 21.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Queen Victoria Farms, LP | 110 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | River Ridge Farms | 110 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | GH Dairy - California | 110 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Braga Ranch, Inc. Soledad | 110 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 483 | 2,621 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 616 | 2,127 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CACER - CERRITOS HUB | 1,981 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CERRITOS HUB (CACER) | 1,916 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Greco and Sons of Wisconsin | 21.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Park Health | 21.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cheyenne County Hospital | 21.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0574 Halfmoon | 21.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0138 Issaquah | 110 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Chariot Eagle | 110 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S03024 - Cleveland Hauling | 110 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bericap SC, LLC | 110 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.