Grocery Store · Maryland
Trader Joe's 0645 Bethesda
Bethesda, MD · ~67 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 15.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0645 Bethesda runs at 468% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0645 Bethesda: 15.9 TCR = 468% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0645 Bethesda safety composite
Trader Joe's 0645 Bethesda scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 15.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 87% 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 0645 Bethesda: 9.2 → 19.4 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 27.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0645 Bethesda's TCR rose 10.2 from 9.2 in 2017 to 19.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 27.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Bethesda, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 15.9 · 468% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #780/806
- PHOTO 4054-ABS-0020-0021-0…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 45 inj
- SIZE ~67 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 4054-ABS-0020-0021-04142 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0645 Bethesda in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0645 Bethesda
15.9 TCR
- 4054-ABS-0020-
4054-ABS-0020-0021-04142
15.9 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0220 Carlsbad
15.9 TCR
- 639 Swn62
639 Swn62
15.9 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0070 Sacramento
15.9 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0645 Bethesda averages 15.9 TCR (468% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0645 Bethesda TCR series: 2017=9.2 · 2018=11 · 2019=20.5 · 2020=13 · 2021=19.4 · 2022=27.8 · 2023=7 · 2024=19.4 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0645 Bethesda falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery Store establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #780 safest of 806 Grocery Store employers in Maryland.
Trader Joe's 0645 Bethesda 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 | 19.4 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 27.8 | 16.2 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 19.4 | 10.8 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 13.0 | 8.7 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 20.5 | 3.7 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11.0 | 5.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.2 | 5.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · MD · Bethesda
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 107 employers in Bethesda, MD · 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-0020-0021-04142 | 15.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0220 Carlsbad | 15.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 639 Swn62 | 15.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0070 Sacramento | 15.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Netcom Technologies | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mechanical Design Systems, Inc. | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fabrication shop | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | G&M Services, LLC | 67 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Red Coats, Inc. | 6,040 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vador Ventures Inc | 5,569 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Clark (Clark Construction, Clark Concrete,Clark Civil, Clark Foundations) | 2,961 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Clark Construction Group LLC | 2,313 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Aegis of Shoreline II - Callahan House | 15.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hamilton Home Builders | 15.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Taste of Scandinavia Bakery & Cafe | 15.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Harlan ARH Hospital | 15.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0243 Newbury Park | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0239 Santa Maria | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0233 Rcho Palos Verdes | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wagner Business Operations LLC | 67 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.