Grocery Store · California
Trader Joe's 0127 Los Altos
Los Altos, CA · ~84 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 20.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0127 Los Altos runs at 591% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0127 Los Altos: 20.1 TCR = 591% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0127 Los Altos safety composite
Trader Joe's 0127 Los Altos 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).
19/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 20.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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%).
Trader Joe's 0127 Los Altos held a steady TCR band
Trader Joe's 0127 Los Altos's TCR held near 0.3 from 13.6 in 2017 to 13.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 45.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=13.6 · 2018=11.4 · 2019=10.3 · 2020=13.5 · 2021=27.2 · 2022=45.7 · 2023=25.4 · 2024=13.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Los Altos, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 20.1 · 591% of ind
- DART 6.9 DART
- RANK #4552/4686
- PHOTO Temecula #056
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 57 inj
- SIZE ~84 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Temecula #056 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0127 Los Altos in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0127 Los Altos
20.1 TCR
- Temecula #056
Temecula #056
20.1 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0689 Batavia
20.1 TCR
- Oregon City #1
Oregon City #154
20.1 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0428 The Woodlands
20.1 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0127 Los Altos averages 20.1 TCR (591% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0127 Los Altos TCR series: 2017=13.6 · 2018=11.4 · 2019=10.3 · 2020=13.5 · 2021=27.2 · 2022=45.7 · 2023=25.4 · 2024=13.8 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0127 Los Altos 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 #4552 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.
Trader Joe's 0127 Los Altos 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 | 13.8 | 6.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 25.4 | 18.1 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | 45.7 | 41.7 | 9 | 14 | 0 |
| 2021 | 27.2 | 25.2 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| 2020 | 13.5 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.3 | 8.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11.4 | 9.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 13.6 | 11.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · CA · Los Altos
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 28 employers in Los Altos, 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 | Temecula #056 | 20.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0689 Batavia | 20.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Oregon City #154 | 20.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0428 The Woodlands | 20.1 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 | Los Altos Sub-acute and Rehabilitation Center | 243 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 10155 Los Altos | 200 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Los Altos Golf & Country Club | 168 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sutter Bay Medical Foundation (30902) | 142 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | AZP032 | 20.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kre-Bsl Husky South Farms Operation LLC | 20.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 6458-ZHLN | 20.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Manke Lumber Company Inc. - Tacoma | 20.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0728 Coralville | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0769 Jacksonville | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | C043 South Bend | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | C011 Evansville | 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.