Grocery Store · Connecticut
Trader Joe's 0525 Danbury
Danbury, CT · ~109 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 17.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0525 Danbury runs at 515% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0525 Danbury: 17.5 TCR = 515% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0525 Danbury safety composite
Trader Joe's 0525 Danbury 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).
18/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 17.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% 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 0525 Danbury: 15.5 → 17.3 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 30.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.49× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0525 Danbury's TCR rose 1.8 from 15.5 in 2016 to 17.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 30.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Danbury, CT ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 17.5 · 515% of ind
- DART 8.6 DART
- RANK #381/399
- PHOTO Trader Joe's 0236 Sa…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 91 inj
- SIZE ~109 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0236 San Francisco (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0525 Danbury in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0525 Danbury
17.5 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0236 San Francisco
17.5 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0756 Little Rock
17.5 TCR
- Store 1449
Store 1449
17.5 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0624 Pittsburgh
17.5 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0525 Danbury averages 17.5 TCR (515% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0525 Danbury TCR series: 2016=15.5 · 2017=16.1 · 2018=19.4 · 2019=11.5 · 2020=12.9 · 2021=11.8 · 2022=30.6 · 2023=22.7 · 2024=17.3 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0525 Danbury 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 Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #381 safest of 399 Grocery Store employers in Connecticut.
Trader Joe's 0525 Danbury 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 | 17.3 | 8.6 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 22.7 | 13.6 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 2022 | 30.6 | 28.3 | 3 | 23 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11.8 | 5.9 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 12.9 | 8.2 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11.5 | 6.9 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 19.4 | 6.1 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 15.5 | 7.7 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · CT · Danbury
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 171 employers in Danbury, CT · 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 0236 San Francisco | 17.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0756 Little Rock | 17.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Store 1449 | 17.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0624 Pittsburgh | 17.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Eversource - Wtby Eagle St | 109 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Liuzzi Cheese | 109 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HP Hood | 109 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Acme Monaco Corporation | 109 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DANBURY HOSPITAL INC. | 2,822 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Board of Education | 2,209 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Western CT Medical Group | 1,400 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Western Connecticut Medical Group | 1,239 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0236 San Francisco | 17.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0756 Little Rock | 17.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 1449 | 17.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Casella Waste Systems - Belmont | 17.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0284 Las Vegas | 109 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Manufacturing | 109 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Silgan Containers Paris | 109 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Labeeg Building Services Inc | 109 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.