Grocery Store · California
Trader Joe's 0185 Palmdale
Palmdale, CA · ~86 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 22.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0185 Palmdale runs at 647% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0185 Palmdale: 22.0 TCR = 647% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0185 Palmdale safety composite
Trader Joe's 0185 Palmdale 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).
18/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 21.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.66 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% 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 0185 Palmdale: 14.7 → 18.4 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 35.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.35× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0185 Palmdale's TCR rose 3.7 from 14.7 in 2017 to 18.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 35.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Palmdale, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 22.0 · 647% of ind
- DART 7.7 DART
- RANK #4607/4686
- PHOTO Trader Joe's 0195 Al…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 84 inj
- SIZE ~86 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0195 Aliso Viejo (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0185 Palmdale in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0185 Palmdale
22 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0195 Aliso Viejo
22 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0638 Pittsburgh
22 TCR
- 6962-ABS-0029-
6962-ABS-0029-0028-01382
22 TCR
- Store 1497
Store 1497
22 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0185 Palmdale averages 22.0 TCR (647% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0185 Palmdale TCR series: 2017=14.7 · 2018=17.6 · 2019=23.9 · 2020=24 · 2021=21 · 2022=35.3 · 2023=21.1 · 2024=18.4 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0185 Palmdale 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 #4607 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.
Trader Joe's 0185 Palmdale 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 | 18.4 | 7.7 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 21.1 | 11.4 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 35.3 | 20.9 | 16 | 6 | 0 |
| 2021 | 21.0 | 16.1 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | 24.0 | 17.6 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 23.9 | 13.7 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 17.6 | 8.8 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 14.7 | 7.3 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · CA · Palmdale
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 135 employers in Palmdale, 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 0195 Aliso Viejo | 22.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0638 Pittsburgh | 22.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6962-ABS-0029-0028-01382 | 22.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Store 1497 | 22.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | MALAGA HARVEST SHOP | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Muller Ranch, LLC | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | OXNARD TERRACE | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mushroom Farms | 86 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NGAS-A502 | 5,323 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CA-06 | 4,525 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lockheed Martin Corporation Palmdale Campus (1513) | 3,420 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 612 | 2,127 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Kre-Bsl Husky Providence Operation LLC | 22.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wedgcor Inc | 22.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Harbor Oaks Hospital | 22.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PHC of Michigan | 22.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0133 Burien | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0713 Maple Grove | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | City Hall/General Government | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sievert Electric Service and Sales Co inc | 86 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.