Grocery Store · California
Trader Joe's 0117 Arroyo Grande
Arroyo Grande, CA · ~85 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0117 Arroyo Grande runs at 494% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0117 Arroyo Grande: 16.8 TCR = 494% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0117 Arroyo Grande safety composite
Trader Joe's 0117 Arroyo Grande scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 16.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 14.86 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% 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 0117 Arroyo Grande: 11.3 → 25.3 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 26.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.88× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0117 Arroyo Grande's TCR rose 14.0 from 11.3 in 2017 to 25.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 26.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Arroyo Grande, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 16.8 · 494% of ind
- DART 14.9 DART
- RANK #4368/4686
- PHOTO Bristol Farms Beverl…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 75 inj
- SIZE ~85 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bristol Farms Beverly West (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0117 Arroyo Grande in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0117 Arroyo Grande
16.8 TCR
- Bristol Farms
Bristol Farms Beverly West
16.8 TCR
- 5472-NAI-0034-
5472-NAI-0034-0034-03630
16.8 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0206 Los Angeles
16.8 TCR
- 6962-ABS-0029-
6962-ABS-0029-0028-04706
16.8 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0117 Arroyo Grande averages 16.8 TCR (494% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0117 Arroyo Grande TCR series: 2017=11.3 · 2018=14 · 2019=11.9 · 2020=9.9 · 2021=26.8 · 2022=22.3 · 2023=13.2 · 2024=25.3 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0117 Arroyo Grande falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery Store establishmentsSafer than 3% 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 #4368 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.
Trader Joe's 0117 Arroyo Grande 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 | 25.3 | 14.9 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 13.2 | 5.8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 22.3 | 8.0 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 26.8 | 23.4 | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11.9 | 8.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11.3 | 3.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · CA · Arroyo Grande
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 33 employers in Arroyo Grande, 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 | Bristol Farms Beverly West | 16.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 5472-NAI-0034-0034-03630 | 16.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0206 Los Angeles | 16.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6962-ABS-0029-0028-04706 | 16.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Gallo Vineyards, Inc. | 85 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Roche Brothers Inc. | 85 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Village Nurseries Pauma Valley Yard | 85 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sunlet Nursery, Inc. | 85 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6403-64030365 | 439 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Marian Regional Medica Center - Arroyo Grande Campus | 380 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Papich Construction | 223 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 2556 | 214 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 1043 - Eagan | 16.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | LFUCG - Division of Waste Management | 16.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Elevate Care Abington | 16.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Elevate Care North Branch | 16.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0561 Boston | 85 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Namsco Plastics Ind. Inc | 85 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Caffes-Steele, Inc | 85 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | TJ Health Columbia | 85 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.