Grocery Store · California
Trader Joe's 0198 Novato
Novato, CA · ~90 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 17.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0198 Novato runs at 509% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0198 Novato: 17.3 TCR = 509% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0198 Novato safety composite
Trader Joe's 0198 Novato 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).
19/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 17.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% 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
−2.2
2017→2024
Trader Joe's 0198 Novato injury rate improved
Trader Joe's 0198 Novato's TCR fell 2.2 from 13.6 in 2017 to 11.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 35.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=13.6 · 2018=16.8 · 2019=19.5 · 2020=11.8 · 2021=15.2 · 2022=35.2 · 2023=15.1 · 2024=11.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Novato, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 17.3 · 509% of ind
- DART 7.2 DART
- RANK #4411/4686
- PHOTO Garland #131
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 53 inj
- SIZE ~90 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Garland #131 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0198 Novato in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0198 Novato
17.3 TCR
- Garland #131
Garland #131
17.3 TCR
- 6962-ABS-0029-
6962-ABS-0029-0028-01319
17.3 TCR
- 6962-SWY-0025-
6962-SWY-0025-0025-03026
17.3 TCR
- Bellingham #11
Bellingham #118
17.3 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0198 Novato averages 17.3 TCR (509% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0198 Novato TCR series: 2017=13.6 · 2018=16.8 · 2019=19.5 · 2020=11.8 · 2021=15.2 · 2022=35.2 · 2023=15.1 · 2024=11.4 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0198 Novato 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 #4411 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.
Trader Joe's 0198 Novato 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 | 11.4 | 7.2 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15.1 | 12.1 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 35.2 | 35.2 | 2 | 19 | 0 |
| 2021 | 15.2 | 8.4 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.8 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 19.5 | 10.6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 16.8 | 14.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 13.6 | 1.9 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · CA · Novato
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 79 employers in Novato, 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 | Garland #131 | 17.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6962-ABS-0029-0028-01319 | 17.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6962-SWY-0025-0025-03026 | 17.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bellingham #118 | 17.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | HM Clause - Davis West Research Station | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Holland America Flowers, LLC | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hettinga - California | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | A & R Contracting | 90 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2,276 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Township Building Services, Inc. | 1,341 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sutter Bay Hospitals (30256) | 355 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Novato Community Hospital (274-NC-HSP) | 337 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Select Trusses & Lumber, Inc. | 17.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Talbert Manufacturing, Inc. | 17.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Vestal Steel Specialties, Inc. | 17.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cottonwood Health & Rehabilitation | 17.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | NEWBURGH | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Honeywell Solutions Center Houston | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | El Bodegon Grocery #6 Inc | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Penn Presbyterian Med. Trans. | 90 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.