Grocery Store · Vermont
Trader Joe's 0527 South Burlington
South Burlington, VT · ~105 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 21.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0527 South Burlington runs at 622% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0527 South Burlington: 21.2 TCR = 622% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0527 South Burlington safety composite
Trader Joe's 0527 South Burlington 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).
16/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 21.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.93 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% 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 0527 South Burlington: 18.6 → 19.9 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 44.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.47× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0527 South Burlington's TCR rose 1.3 from 18.6 in 2016 to 19.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 44.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · South Burlington, VT ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 21.2 · 622% of ind
- DART 9.9 DART
- RANK #134/135
- PHOTO Trader Joe's 0720 Ka…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 88 inj
- SIZE ~105 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0720 Kansas City (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0527 South Burlington in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0527 South Burlington
21.2 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0720 Kansas City
21.2 TCR
- ABS-0030-0030-
ABS-0030-0030-04008 FAC-04008-HELENA-MT
21.2 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0768 Orlando
21.2 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0406 Southlake
21.1 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0527 South Burlington averages 21.2 TCR (622% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0527 South Burlington TCR series: 2016=18.6 · 2017=21.9 · 2018=26.2 · 2019=8.4 · 2020=17.6 · 2022=44.9 · 2023=11.8 · 2024=19.9 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0527 South Burlington 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 Vermont alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #134 safest of 135 Grocery Store employers in Vermont.
Trader Joe's 0527 South Burlington 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 | 19.9 | 9.9 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11.8 | 3.9 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 44.9 | 37.7 | 14 | 17 | 0 |
| 2020 | 17.6 | 13.2 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.4 | 4.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 26.2 | 10.2 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 21.9 | 11.8 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 18.6 | 10.1 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · VT · South Burlington
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,065 rated employers in Vermont with headcount on file · 49 employers in South Burlington, VT · 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 0720 Kansas City | 21.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ABS-0030-0030-04008 FAC-04008-HELENA-MT | 21.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0768 Orlando | 21.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0406 Southlake | 21.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc. | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Naylor & Breen Builders, Inc | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 0269 - Int. Doors-Ludlow | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 815 Machine Shop | 105 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Burlington VT | 5,285 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PC Construction Company | 643 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BETA Technologies, Inc | 484 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Farrell Distributing | 215 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0720 Kansas City | 21.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | New Day Delivery LLC | 21.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cascadia of Boise | 21.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The MC Hotel | 21.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Signature Metal and Marble Maintenance, LLC | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | La Cosecha Food Service, LLC | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Shine Bros Corp | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Spectra Wood | 105 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.