Grocery Store · New Jersey

Trader Joe's 0610 Clifton

Clifton, NJ · ~138 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Trader Joe's 0610 Clifton runs at 551% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.

Trader Joe's 0610 Clifton: 18.8 TCR = 551% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Trader Joe's 0610 Clifton safety composite

Trader Joe's 0610 Clifton 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 18.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−4.6

2016→2024

Trader Joe's 0610 Clifton injury rate improved

Trader Joe's 0610 Clifton's TCR fell 4.6 from 19.6 in 2016 to 15.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 29.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=19.6 · 2017=14.6 · 2018=13.7 · 2019=24.1 · 2020=18.8 · 2021=29.0 · 2022=13.2 · 2023=20.8 · 2024=15.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Clifton, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 18.8 · 551% of ind

  • DART 5.6 DART
  • RANK #733/746
  • PHOTO Trader Joe's 0038 Re…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 118 inj
  • SIZE ~138 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0038 Redondo Bch (0.0 TCR gap)

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Trader Joe's 0610 Clifton in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Trader Joe's 0610 Clifton averages 18.8 TCR (551% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Trader Joe's 0610 Clifton TCR series: 2016=19.6 · 2017=14.6 · 2018=13.7 · 2019=24.1 · 2020=18.8 · 2021=29 · 2022=13.2 · 2023=20.8 · 2024=15 · BLS 3.4

Where Trader Joe's 0610 Clifton falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery Store establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #733 safest of 746 Grocery Store employers in New Jersey.

Trader Joe's 0610 Clifton (138 employees, TCR 18.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Trader Joe's 0610 Clifton
Trader Joe's 0610 Clifton (138 employees, TCR 18.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Trader Joe's 0610 Clifton 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 15.0 5.6 16 0 0
2023 20.8 6.6 14 8 0
2022 13.2 6.1 9 4 0
2021 29.0 16.1 13 14 0
2020 18.8 15.3 11 5 0
2019 24.1 18.4 20 1 0
2018 13.7 12.4 9 2 0
2017 14.6 8.0 11 0 0
2016 19.6 15.7 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · NJ · Clifton

30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 99 employers in Clifton, NJ · 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 0038 Redondo Bch 18.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SWY-0029-0029-02327 FAC-02327-SOLANA BEACH-CA 18.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 583 Sxb41 18.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SWN 53 18.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Blue Anchor Manufacturing Facility 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Distribution 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE Advanced Biotech 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE Acreage CCFNJ dba the botanist 138 FTE
CITY-NEAR L3Harris 1,417 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clifton NJ 1,300 FTE
CITY-NEAR Space and Airborne Systems : NJ, Clifton - 77 River Rd. 1,272 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1822 - Clifton 378 FTE
NAT-TCR Seaver Industrial Finishing 18.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Falls Run Nursing & Rehab. 18.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Corning Sow Farm 18.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0038 Redondo Bch 18.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Genacross - Family and Youth Services 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pol Tex International 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE Memorial Health System Wayne Street 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE NFI Interactive Logistics LLC-1570 Penniman Road 138 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.