Grocery Store · California
Trader Joe's 0126 Mission Viejo
Mission Viejo, CA · ~94 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 22.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0126 Mission Viejo runs at 654% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0126 Mission Viejo: 22.2 TCR = 654% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0126 Mission Viejo safety composite
Trader Joe's 0126 Mission Viejo 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).
16/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 22.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 10.08 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%).
TCR Δ
−1.9
2017→2024
Trader Joe's 0126 Mission Viejo injury rate improved
Trader Joe's 0126 Mission Viejo's TCR fell 1.9 from 19.2 in 2017 to 17.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 31.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=19.2 · 2018=6.3 · 2019=31.5 · 2020=24.8 · 2021=30.9 · 2022=30.1 · 2023=17.8 · 2024=17.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Mission Viejo, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 22.2 · 654% of ind
- DART 10.1 DART
- RANK #4611/4686
- PHOTO Trader Joe's 0791 Mo…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 88 inj
- SIZE ~94 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0791 Morrisville (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0126 Mission Viejo in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Boyers Food Ma
Boyers Food Market Inc
22.3 TCR
- WEB 87
WEB 87
22.3 TCR
- This site
Trader Joe's 0126 Mission Viejo
22.2 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0791 Morrisville
22.2 TCR
- Store 1428
Store 1428
22.2 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0126 Mission Viejo averages 22.2 TCR (654% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0126 Mission Viejo TCR series: 2017=19.2 · 2018=6.3 · 2019=31.5 · 2020=24.8 · 2021=30.9 · 2022=30.1 · 2023=17.8 · 2024=17.3 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0126 Mission Viejo 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 #4611 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.
Trader Joe's 0126 Mission Viejo 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 | 17.3 | 10.1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 17.8 | 16.3 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 30.1 | 22.2 | 11 | 8 | 0 |
| 2021 | 30.9 | 22.8 | 11 | 8 | 0 |
| 2020 | 24.8 | 13.9 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 31.5 | 25.2 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.3 | 3.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 19.2 | 5.9 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · CA · Mission Viejo
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 77 employers in Mission Viejo, 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 0791 Morrisville | 22.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Boyers Food Market Inc | 22.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WEB 87 | 22.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Store 1428 | 22.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | MORALES FARM LABOR SERVICE | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fondomonte CA - Blythe Farm | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Robinson Enterprises, Inc | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Javier Martinez Contracting | 94 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CA822 MISSION HOSPITAL MISSION VIEJO HR | 2,178 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - DCX2 | 347 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | South Coast Community Services | 340 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mission Viejo 526 | 298 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Indian Lake Rehabilitation | 22.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Alamo Car Rental - 36L6 | 22.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Elevate Care Niles | 22.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Avita of Brunswick | 22.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Snyder Memorial Health Care Center | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | White Bear Lake | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S02923 - Atlanta West Hauling | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S03951 - WI Franklin | 94 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.