Grocery Store · Illinois
Trader Joe's 0685 La Grange
La Grange, IL · ~78 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0685 La Grange runs at 334% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0685 La Grange: 11.4 TCR = 334% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0685 La Grange safety composite
Trader Joe's 0685 La Grange scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).
19/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 9% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 10.06 per 100 workers
Safer than 9% 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 0685 La Grange: 2.4 → 14.4 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 23.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.88× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0685 La Grange's TCR rose 12.0 from 2.4 in 2016 to 14.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 23.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · La Grange, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.4 · 334% of ind
- DART 10.1 DART
- RANK #1177/1293
- PHOTO Rouses Market #54
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 45 inj
- SIZE ~78 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Rouses Market #54 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0685 La Grange in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0685 La Grange
11.4 TCR
- Rouses Market
Rouses Market #54
11.4 TCR
- 6962-ABS-0029-
6962-ABS-0029-0028-02305
11.4 TCR
- 5472-NAI-0032-
5472-NAI-0032-0032-04228
11.4 TCR
- Superior Groce
Superior Grocers # 140
11.4 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0685 La Grange averages 11.4 TCR (334% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0685 La Grange TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=12.3 · 2020=23.3 · 2021=23.5 · 2022=9.8 · 2023=7.5 · 2024=14.4 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0685 La Grange falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery Store establishmentsSafer than 9% 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 #1177 safest of 1293 Grocery Store employers in Illinois.
Trader Joe's 0685 La Grange 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 | 14.4 | 10.1 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.8 | 3.3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 23.5 | 20.2 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| 2020 | 23.3 | 18.3 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12.3 | 10.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · IL · La Grange
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 22 employers in La Grange, 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 | Rouses Market #54 | 11.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6962-ABS-0029-0028-02305 | 11.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 5472-NAI-0032-0032-04228 | 11.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Superior Grocers # 140 | 11.4 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 | 1855-ILARL008 | 1,812 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-ILARL13 | 892 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lyons Township High School District 204 | 504 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6458-ZMCK | 457 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Elk Creek Forest Products | 11.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Guilford County - Emergency Medical Services | 11.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Waas Boring & Cable Inc | 11.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rouses Market #54 | 11.4 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.