Grocery Store · Maryland
Trader Joe's 0649 Towson
Towson, MD · ~119 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0649 Towson runs at 439% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0649 Towson: 14.9 TCR = 439% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0649 Towson safety composite
Trader Joe's 0649 Towson scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 14.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.77 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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%).
Trader Joe's 0649 Towson held a steady TCR band
Trader Joe's 0649 Towson's TCR held near 0.3 from 14.2 in 2017 to 14.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 50.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=14.2 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=10.7 · 2020=9.8 · 2021=24.6 · 2022=50.4 · 2023=22.6 · 2024=14.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Towson, MD ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 14.9 · 439% of ind
- DART 6.8 DART
- RANK #775/806
- PHOTO Trader Joe's 0682 No…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 83 inj
- SIZE ~119 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0682 Northbrook (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0649 Towson in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0649 Towson
14.9 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0682 Northbrook
14.9 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0734 Norcross
14.9 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0561 Boston
14.9 TCR
- 643 Swn59
643 Swn59
14.9 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0649 Towson averages 14.9 TCR (439% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0649 Towson TCR series: 2017=14.2 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=10.7 · 2020=9.8 · 2021=24.6 · 2022=50.4 · 2023=22.6 · 2024=14.5 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0649 Towson falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery Store establishmentsSafer than 4% 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 #775 safest of 806 Grocery Store employers in Maryland.
Trader Joe's 0649 Towson 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 | 14.5 | 6.8 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 22.6 | 11.3 | 12 | 10 | 0 |
| 2022 | 50.4 | 43.6 | 17 | 28 | 0 |
| 2021 | 24.6 | 19.1 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.8 | 5.6 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.7 | 3.6 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 14.2 | 9.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · MD · Towson
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 91 employers in Towson, 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 | Trader Joe's 0682 Northbrook | 14.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0734 Norcross | 14.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0561 Boston | 14.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 643 Swn59 | 14.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Medical Cannabis Grower | 119 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Baltimore Call Center | 119 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Strategic Factory | 119 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | General Sheet Metal & Mechanical, LLC | 119 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Greater Baltimore Medical Center | 4,221 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center | 1,916 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Group | 467 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Towson (Remote Sales & MKT) FS (GTS) | 462 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0561 Boston | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | C-B Tool Co. | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0734 Norcross | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0682 Northbrook | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0183 Santa Barbara | 119 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0102 Temecula | 119 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0043 Long Beach | 119 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kval Inc. | 119 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.