Grocery Store · Massachusetts
Trader Joe's 0515 Burlington
Burlington, MA · ~68 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0515 Burlington runs at 411% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0515 Burlington: 14.0 TCR = 411% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0515 Burlington safety composite
Trader Joe's 0515 Burlington scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 63% 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).
37/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 13.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.64 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% 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
−9.6
2016→2024
Trader Joe's 0515 Burlington injury rate improved
Trader Joe's 0515 Burlington's TCR fell 9.6 from 14.5 in 2016 to 4.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 22.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=14.5 · 2017=17.3 · 2018=22.3 · 2019=11.1 · 2020=11.1 · 2021=16.4 · 2022=17.0 · 2023=11.0 · 2024=4.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Burlington, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 14.0 · 411% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #819/842
- PHOTO Bashas 040
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 46 inj
- SIZE ~68 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bashas 040 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0515 Burlington in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0515 Burlington
14 TCR
- Bashas 040
Bashas 040
14 TCR
- 373
373
14 TCR
- Trig's Wausau
Trig's Wausau
14 TCR
- 6400-SWY-0024-
6400-SWY-0024-0024-03482
14 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0515 Burlington averages 14.0 TCR (411% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0515 Burlington TCR series: 2016=14.5 · 2017=17.3 · 2018=22.3 · 2019=11.1 · 2020=11.1 · 2021=16.4 · 2022=17 · 2023=11 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0515 Burlington 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 #819 safest of 842 Grocery Store employers in Massachusetts.
Trader Joe's 0515 Burlington 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 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11.0 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16.4 | 8.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.1 | 6.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 22.3 | 13.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 17.3 | 11.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 14.5 | 5.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · MA · Burlington
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 89 employers in Burlington, 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 | Bashas 040 | 14.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 373 | 14.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trig's Wausau | 14.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6400-SWY-0024-0024-03482 | 14.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BROCKTON - E ASHLAND ST BLDG-MA07 | 68 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Perini Management Services, Inc. | 68 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Main Office | 68 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Maverick Construction Corp | 68 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lahey Hospital and Medical Center | 4,493 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Burlington, MA | 4,399 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lahey Medical Center | 4,286 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | EMD Millipore Corporation - 400 Summit | 838 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | San Francisco Recreation and Park Department | 14.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kre-Bsl Husky Concord Operation LLC | 14.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Softex Products Inc PR | 14.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Seneri Logistics, LLC | 14.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0154 Corvallis | 68 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0096 Oro Valley | 68 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tecta America South Florida | 68 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Store 1 | 68 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.