Grocery Store · Illinois
Trader Joe's 0683 Downers Grove
Downers Grove, IL · ~78 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 24.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0683 Downers Grove runs at 729% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0683 Downers Grove: 24.8 TCR = 729% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0683 Downers Grove safety composite
Trader Joe's 0683 Downers Grove scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 24.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 0% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 12.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% 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 0683 Downers Grove: 18.4 → 33.5 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 42.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.49× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0683 Downers Grove's TCR rose 15.1 from 18.4 in 2016 to 33.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 42.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Downers Grove, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 24.8 · 729% of ind
- DART 12.2 DART
- RANK #1291/1293
- PHOTO Trader Joe's 0426 Ho…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 89 inj
- SIZE ~78 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0426 Houston (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0683 Downers Grove in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- 6365-537
6365-537
24.9 TCR
- Bakersfield -
Bakersfield - Coffee Rd #032
24.9 TCR
- This site
Trader Joe's 0683 Downers Grove
24.8 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0426 Houston
24.8 TCR
- Hollywood 12
Hollywood 12
24.8 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0683 Downers Grove averages 24.8 TCR (729% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0683 Downers Grove TCR series: 2016=18.4 · 2017=13.6 · 2018=12.8 · 2019=24.8 · 2020=21.4 · 2021=31.3 · 2022=42.2 · 2023=25.3 · 2024=33.5 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0683 Downers Grove falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery Store establishmentsSafer than 0% 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 #1291 safest of 1293 Grocery Store employers in Illinois.
Trader Joe's 0683 Downers Grove 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 | 33.5 | 12.2 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 25.3 | 16.4 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 42.2 | 35.4 | 9 | 16 | 0 |
| 2021 | 31.3 | 19.1 | 11 | 7 | 0 |
| 2020 | 21.4 | 17.9 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 2019 | 24.8 | 17.2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12.8 | 6.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 18.4 | 13.8 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · IL · Downers Grove
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 139 employers in Downers Grove, 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 0426 Houston | 24.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hollywood 12 | 24.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6365-537 | 24.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bakersfield - Coffee Rd #032 | 24.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bedford Grow LLC | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Waukegan Station | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Chicago West Tech | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corn Belt Energy Corporation | 78 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Advocate Medical Group | 5,319 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Advocate Support Centers | 2,103 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | 1,958 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ADVOCATE CHILDRENS HOSPITALS | 1,734 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0426 Houston | 24.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Structural Components, Inc. | 24.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Farmington Community Library | 24.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1026 Jef1000 | 24.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0771 Delray Beach | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gutchess Hardwoods Incorporated | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cambridge Packaging Inc. | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eversource - Walpole | 78 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.