Grocery Store · California

Trader Joe's 0221 San Diego

San Diego, CA · ~95 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
25.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Trader Joe's 0221 San Diego runs at 759% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.

Trader Joe's 0221 San Diego: 25.8 TCR = 759% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Trader Joe's 0221 San Diego safety composite

Trader Joe's 0221 San Diego scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).

F

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 25.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

−5.8

2017→2024

Trader Joe's 0221 San Diego injury rate improved

Trader Joe's 0221 San Diego's TCR fell 5.8 from 21.3 in 2017 to 15.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 44.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=21.3 · 2018=32.3 · 2019=21.4 · 2020=24.4 · 2021=44.4 · 2022=26.0 · 2023=21.2 · 2024=15.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · San Diego, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 25.8 · 759% of ind

  • DART 10.3 DART
  • RANK #4666/4686
  • PHOTO Lakewood #107
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 96 inj
  • SIZE ~95 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lakewood #107 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Trader Joe's 0221 San Diego in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Trader Joe's 0221 San Diego averages 25.8 TCR (759% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Trader Joe's 0221 San Diego TCR series: 2017=21.3 · 2018=32.3 · 2019=21.4 · 2020=24.4 · 2021=44.4 · 2022=26 · 2023=21.2 · 2024=15.5 · BLS 3.4

Where Trader Joe's 0221 San Diego falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery Store establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4666 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.

Trader Joe's 0221 San Diego (95 employees, TCR 25.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 050100150200250 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Trader Joe's 0221 San Diego
Trader Joe's 0221 San Diego (95 employees, TCR 25.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Trader Joe's 0221 San Diego 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 15.5 10.3 10 2 0
2023 21.2 15.9 10 6 0
2022 26.0 21.4 7 10 0
2021 44.4 28.5 17 11 0
2020 24.4 13.7 12 4 0
2019 21.4 3.3 10 3 0
2018 32.3 17.0 17 2 0
2017 21.3 19.7 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · CA · San Diego

30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,979 employers in San Diego, 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 Lakewood #107 25.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sedano's Supermarket #35 25.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trader Joe's 0565 Long Island City 25.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Signal Hill 8 25.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Del Llano Farms 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Los Altos Farms, LLC 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE TreeSource 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Costa View Farms 2 (Madera) 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC San Diego Health 9,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Atomics 8,108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health Human Services Agency 6,080 FTE
CITY-NEAR National University 4,955 FTE
NAT-TCR Dee Ro Logistics LLC 25.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Aladdin 25.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Coos Forest Protective Association 25.8 TCR
NAT-TCR PAKS Logistics 25.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE S04283 - Gilbertsville Hauling 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Capitol Heights 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE NAPA Boston 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Memorial Health System North 95 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.