Grocery Store · California
Trader Joe's 0183 Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA · ~119 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0183 Santa Barbara runs at 474% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0183 Santa Barbara: 16.1 TCR = 474% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0183 Santa Barbara safety composite
Trader Joe's 0183 Santa Barbara 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).
16/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 16.13 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 13.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% 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 0183 Santa Barbara: 4.9 → 14.3 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 28.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.81× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0183 Santa Barbara's TCR rose 9.4 from 4.9 in 2017 to 14.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 28.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Santa Barbara, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 16.1 · 474% of ind
- DART 13.1 DART
- RANK #4331/4686
- PHOTO RPB 53
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 75 inj
- SIZE ~119 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: RPB 53 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0183 Santa Barbara in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0183 Santa Barbara
16.1 TCR
- RPB 53
RPB 53
16.1 TCR
- Alberta Cooper
Alberta Cooperative Grocery
16.1 TCR
- Sparks #166
Sparks #166
16.1 TCR
- DWT 83
DWT 83
16.1 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0183 Santa Barbara averages 16.1 TCR (474% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0183 Santa Barbara TCR series: 2017=4.9 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=12.1 · 2020=16.5 · 2021=23.8 · 2022=28.8 · 2023=20 · 2024=14.3 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0183 Santa Barbara 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 #4331 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.
Trader Joe's 0183 Santa Barbara 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 | 14.3 | 13.1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 20.0 | 16.3 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | 28.8 | 19.2 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 23.8 | 16.8 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 2020 | 16.5 | 11.4 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12.1 | 8.4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · CA · Santa Barbara
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 173 employers in Santa Barbara, 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 | RPB 53 | 16.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Alberta Cooperative Grocery | 16.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sparks #166 | 16.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DWT 83 | 16.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Fresh Prep, LLC | 119 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HM Clause - Cousteau | 119 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Booth Ranches LLC | 119 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pyramid Flowers | 119 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UC Santa Barbara | 10,779 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital | 3,298 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Santa Barbara | 1,587 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Big Green Santa Barbara | 674 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Cornerstone Nursing and Rehab Center, Inc | 16.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Weinstein Beverage Co | 16.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | AHWC Development, Inc. | 16.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Txftw - Fort Worth | 16.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0649 Towson | 119 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale Sakonnet Bay | 119 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Park Place | 119 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lake Erie Construction Co. | 119 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.