Grocery Store · Texas
Trader Joe's 0453 Austin
Austin, TX · ~99 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 20.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0453 Austin runs at 615% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0453 Austin: 20.9 TCR = 615% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0453 Austin safety composite
Trader Joe's 0453 Austin 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 20.9 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% 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
−8.5
2016→2024
Trader Joe's 0453 Austin injury rate improved
Trader Joe's 0453 Austin's TCR fell 8.5 from 16.8 in 2016 to 8.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 33.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=16.8 · 2017=22.6 · 2018=17.9 · 2019=27.5 · 2020=20.4 · 2021=33.0 · 2022=23.2 · 2023=18.4 · 2024=8.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Austin, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 20.9 · 615% of ind
- DART 6.2 DART
- RANK #1891/1899
- PHOTO Trader Joe's 0301 Bo…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 97 inj
- SIZE ~99 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0301 Boulder (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0453 Austin in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0453 Austin
20.9 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0301 Boulder
20.9 TCR
- Store 1159
Store 1159
20.9 TCR
- 6962-ABS-0029-
6962-ABS-0029-0028-00108
20.9 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0703 Chicago
20.9 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0453 Austin averages 20.9 TCR (615% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0453 Austin TCR series: 2016=16.8 · 2017=22.6 · 2018=17.9 · 2019=27.5 · 2020=20.4 · 2021=33 · 2022=23.2 · 2023=18.4 · 2024=8.3 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0453 Austin 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 Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1891 safest of 1899 Grocery Store employers in Texas.
Trader Joe's 0453 Austin 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 | 8.3 | 6.2 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 18.4 | 14.3 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 23.2 | 13.9 | 14 | 6 | 0 |
| 2021 | 33.0 | 23.4 | 7 | 17 | 0 |
| 2020 | 20.4 | 13.1 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 27.5 | 10.1 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 17.9 | 7.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 22.6 | 12.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 16.8 | 8.4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · TX · Austin
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 1,645 employers in Austin, TX · 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 0301 Boulder | 20.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Store 1159 | 20.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6962-ABS-0029-0028-00108 | 20.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0703 Chicago | 20.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | TXMCF | 99 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Andrews Brigade Energy Services | 99 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Enphase Energy Austin TX | 99 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | JLB Partners, LP | 99 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ensign Services | 11,325 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NA-US-TX-Austin-Giga Texas | 8,621 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6017-Loc: CORP LOC - US Austin | 6,911 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - AST | 5,272 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Mary Health of the Sick Convalescent and Nursing Hospital Inc | 20.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ucp- Wo | 20.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chaska Heights Senior Living | 20.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hayward Convalescent Hospital | 20.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0513 Hanover | 99 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CDI Industrial and Mechanical Contractors, Inc. | 99 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | TAB Products Co LLC - Mayville | 99 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Roquette America - Geneva | 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.