Grocery Store · California
Trader Joe's 0245 San Mateo
San Mateo, CA · ~99 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 0245 San Mateo runs at 508% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0245 San Mateo: 17.3 TCR = 508% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0245 San Mateo safety composite
Trader Joe's 0245 San Mateo 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).
22/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 17.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.34 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% 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 0245 San Mateo: 11.7 → 14.7 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 31.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.31× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0245 San Mateo's TCR rose 3.0 from 11.7 in 2017 to 14.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 31.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · San Mateo, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 17.3 · 508% of ind
- DART 5.3 DART
- RANK #4408/4686
- PHOTO Trader Joe's 0501 Br…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 72 inj
- SIZE ~99 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0501 Brookline (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0245 San Mateo in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0245 San Mateo
17.3 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0501 Brookline
17.3 TCR
- PCC Community
PCC Community Markets Redmond
17.3 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0282 Phoenix
17.3 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0681 Glenview
17.3 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0245 San Mateo averages 17.3 TCR (508% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0245 San Mateo TCR series: 2017=11.7 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=12.7 · 2020=14.4 · 2021=26.7 · 2022=31.6 · 2023=17.9 · 2024=14.7 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0245 San Mateo 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 #4408 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.
Trader Joe's 0245 San Mateo 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 | 14.7 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 17.9 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 31.6 | 21.1 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| 2021 | 26.7 | 9.4 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14.4 | 6.4 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12.7 | 6.3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.5 | 3.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11.7 | 8.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · CA · San Mateo
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 94 employers in San Mateo, 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 0501 Brookline | 17.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PCC Community Markets Redmond | 17.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0282 Phoenix | 17.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0681 Glenview | 17.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | MARIA ELENA RUIZ MORALES | 99 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | La Verne Nursery, Inc. | 99 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | California Sun Grower Services - North | 99 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Santa Paula Plant #3 | 99 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 132 | 2,891 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SIE - San Mateo | 1,552 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IXL Learning Inc. | 888 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IXL Learning Inc. - San Mateo | 491 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0501 Brookline | 17.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cargill Protein | 17.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fire Station 1 | 17.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SKLD Muskegon | 17.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | C340 Charleston | 99 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S02935 - Springdale Hauling | 99 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pennebaker | 99 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Oliver Technologies Inc. | 99 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.