Grocery Store · Illinois
Trader Joe's 0687 Arlington Heights
Arlington Heights, IL · ~75 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0687 Arlington Heights runs at 421% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0687 Arlington Heights: 14.3 TCR = 421% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0687 Arlington Heights safety composite
Trader Joe's 0687 Arlington Heights 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).
19/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 14.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% 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 0687 Arlington Heights: 9.1 → 16.4 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 30.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.52× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0687 Arlington Heights's TCR rose 7.3 from 9.1 in 2016 to 16.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 30.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Arlington Heights, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 14.3 · 421% of ind
- DART 7.5 DART
- RANK #1243/1293
- PHOTO 5472-NAI-0034-0034-0…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 42 inj
- SIZE ~75 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 5472-NAI-0034-0034-00295 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0687 Arlington Heights in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Trader Joe's 0687 Arlington Heights
14.3 TCR
- 5472-NAI-0034-
5472-NAI-0034-0034-00295
14.3 TCR
- 4169_8831
4169_8831
14.3 TCR
- ROCHE BROS - W
ROCHE BROS - WESTON
14.3 TCR
- 4054-ABS-0020-
4054-ABS-0020-0022-00218
14.3 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0687 Arlington Heights averages 14.3 TCR (421% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0687 Arlington Heights TCR series: 2016=9.1 · 2017=9.1 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=6 · 2020=17.6 · 2022=30.5 · 2023=19.4 · 2024=16.4 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0687 Arlington Heights 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 #1243 safest of 1293 Grocery Store employers in Illinois.
Trader Joe's 0687 Arlington Heights 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 | 16.4 | 7.5 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 19.4 | 9.7 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 30.5 | 21.0 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020 | 17.6 | 14.1 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.1 | 6.8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 9.1 | 6.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · IL · Arlington Heights
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 121 employers in Arlington Heights, 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 | 5472-NAI-0034-0034-00295 | 14.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4169_8831 | 14.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ROCHE BROS - WESTON | 14.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4054-ABS-0020-0022-00218 | 14.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Kankakee Nursery Co. | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Greenhouse | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro) | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Haier Plumbing & Heating, Inc. | 75 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northwest Community Hospital | 3,365 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ARLINGTON HEIGHTS SCHOOL DISTRICT 25 | 911 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4813-48130002-ENCORE CHICAGO | 845 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lutheran Home and Serv For The Aged | 796 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Qualex Manufacturing LLC | 14.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Parish Electric | 14.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | COD007 | 14.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Aragon Pools & Spas, LLC Main Office | 14.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0774 Wellington | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Harris-McBurney Company | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale South Bay | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Stoops Freightliner TC - Dayton | 75 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.