Grocery Store · Massachusetts
Trader Joe's 0509 West Newton
West Newton, MA · ~79 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 13.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0509 West Newton runs at 406% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0509 West Newton: 13.8 TCR = 406% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0509 West Newton safety composite
Trader Joe's 0509 West Newton scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).
25/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 13.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% 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 0509 West Newton: 2.2 → 13.4 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 50.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.32× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0509 West Newton's TCR rose 11.2 from 2.2 in 2016 to 13.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 50.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · West Newton, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 13.8 · 406% of ind
- DART 4.5 DART
- RANK #816/842
- PHOTO 4054-ABS-0020-0021-0…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 56 inj
- SIZE ~79 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 4054-ABS-0020-0021-04265 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0509 West Newton in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Trader Joe's 0509 West Newton
13.8 TCR
- 4054-ABS-0020-
4054-ABS-0020-0021-04265
13.8 TCR
- 6962-ABS-0029-
6962-ABS-0029-0028-00699
13.8 TCR
- MOR 94
MOR 94
13.8 TCR
- 4054-ABS-0030-
4054-ABS-0030-0030-00184
13.8 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0509 West Newton averages 13.8 TCR (406% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0509 West Newton TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=16.2 · 2019=14.9 · 2020=11.8 · 2021=30.8 · 2022=50.3 · 2023=16.6 · 2024=13.4 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0509 West Newton falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery Store establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #816 safest of 842 Grocery Store employers in Massachusetts.
Trader Joe's 0509 West Newton 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 | 13.4 | 4.5 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 16.6 | 5.5 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 50.3 | 36.8 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 2021 | 30.8 | 24.6 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.8 | 2.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 14.9 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 16.2 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · MA · West Newton
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 6 employers in West Newton, MA · 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 | 4054-ABS-0020-0021-04265 | 13.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6962-ABS-0029-0028-00699 | 13.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MOR 94 | 13.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4054-ABS-0030-0030-00184 | 13.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Medical Area Total Energy Plant, LLC. | 79 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NE DISTRIB CENTER (SUTTON)-MA25 | 79 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMESBURY-MA02 | 79 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1800 | 79 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | John W. Egan Co., Inc. | 71 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Main | 61 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Automatic Laundry Service Inc. | 60 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 240028-BOS-WEST NEWTON BR | 26 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Aegis of Napa | 13.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | San Dimas Retirement Center | 13.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | FLJ007 | 13.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hallmark Tool & Gage Co., Inc. | 13.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0521 Westport | 79 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cady Cheese, LLC | 79 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Richardson Milling Inc. | 79 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Sanctuary at Wilmington Place | 79 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.