Grocery Store · Illinois
Trader Joe's 0682 Northbrook
Northbrook, IL · ~73 workers · 9 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 0682 Northbrook 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 0682 Northbrook: 14.9 TCR = 439% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0682 Northbrook safety composite
Trader Joe's 0682 Northbrook 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).
16/100
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 14.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% 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 0682 Northbrook: 11.0 → 20.7 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 30.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.96× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0682 Northbrook's TCR rose 9.7 from 11.0 in 2016 to 20.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 30.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Northbrook, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 14.9 · 439% of ind
- DART 14.3 DART
- RANK #1251/1293
- PHOTO Trader Joe's 0734 No…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 61 inj
- SIZE ~73 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0734 Norcross (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0682 Northbrook in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
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
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0649 Towson
14.9 TCR
- 643 Swn59
643 Swn59
14.9 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0682 Northbrook averages 14.9 TCR (439% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0682 Northbrook TCR series: 2016=11 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=2 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=11 · 2021=23.3 · 2022=30.2 · 2023=26.5 · 2024=20.7 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0682 Northbrook 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 Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1251 safest of 1293 Grocery Store employers in Illinois.
Trader Joe's 0682 Northbrook 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 | 20.7 | 14.3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 26.5 | 8.3 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 30.2 | 24.9 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| 2021 | 23.3 | 10.8 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.0 | 7.3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11.0 | 6.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · IL · Northbrook
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 122 employers in Northbrook, IL · 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 0734 Norcross | 14.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0561 Boston | 14.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0649 Towson | 14.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 643 Swn59 | 14.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | SouthEastern Illinois Electric Cooperative | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Tech - Operations | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Civil Constructors Inc Moline Structures Divison | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Standard Sheet Metal Works, Inc | 73 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Astellas Pharma US | 1,228 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Astellas Pharma Global Development | 908 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Astellas US LLC | 896 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ILNOR - NORTHBROOK | 780 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0734 Norcross | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0561 Boston | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0649 Towson | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | C-B Tool Co. | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0637 Media | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0633 Jenkintown | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Chappell Tractor Sales, Inc | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gallagher Uniform | 73 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.