Grocery Store · California
Trader Joe's 0193 Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA · ~114 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 18.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0193 Santa Cruz runs at 544% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0193 Santa Cruz: 18.5 TCR = 544% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0193 Santa Cruz safety composite
Trader Joe's 0193 Santa Cruz scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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 18.48 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 16.14 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 0193 Santa Cruz: 2.8 → 24.8 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 72.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.87× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0193 Santa Cruz's TCR rose 22.0 from 2.8 in 2017 to 24.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 72.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Santa Cruz, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 18.5 · 544% of ind
- DART 16.1 DART
- RANK #4479/4686
- PHOTO Trader Joe's 0726 Br…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 100 inj
- SIZE ~114 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0726 Brookfield (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0193 Santa Cruz in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0193 Santa Cruz
18.5 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0726 Brookfield
18.5 TCR
- 4020 Swn142
4020 Swn142
18.5 TCR
- Meridian-Chind
Meridian-Chinden #167
18.5 TCR
- Super Mercado
Super Mercado - 4150
18.5 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0193 Santa Cruz averages 18.5 TCR (544% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0193 Santa Cruz TCR series: 2017=2.8 · 2018=18.8 · 2019=18.7 · 2020=24.8 · 2021=15.5 · 2022=72.6 · 2023=23.8 · 2024=24.8 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0193 Santa Cruz falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery Store establishmentsSafer than 2% 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 #4479 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.
Trader Joe's 0193 Santa Cruz 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 | 24.8 | 16.1 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 23.8 | 15.9 | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 72.6 | 61.0 | 22 | 28 | 0 |
| 2021 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 24.8 | 19.3 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 18.7 | 9.4 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 18.8 | 14.8 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · CA · Santa Cruz
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 133 employers in Santa Cruz, 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 0726 Brookfield | 18.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4020 Swn142 | 18.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Meridian-Chinden #167 | 18.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Super Mercado - 4150 | 18.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Wonderful Orchards-Belridge | 114 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Olivarez Honey Bees | 114 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SIERRA AG SERVICES, INC | 114 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PURO VIDA BERRIES | 114 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UC Santa Cruz | 8,081 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6403-64030253 | 1,732 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dignity Health Dominican Hospital | 1,652 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 64030253-253001 DOMINICAN HOSPITAL SANTA CRUZ | 1,464 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District | 18.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0726 Brookfield | 18.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Silverwoods Indepedent Living by Complete Care | 18.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mueller Lumber Company | 18.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0157 West Seattle | 114 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0714 Minnetonka | 114 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trumbull | 114 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rouses Market #55 | 114 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.