Grocery Store · Illinois
Trader Joe's 0688 Chicago
Chicago, IL · ~121 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 0688 Chicago 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 0688 Chicago: 14.9 TCR = 439% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0688 Chicago safety composite
Trader Joe's 0688 Chicago 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).
21/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 14.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% 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 0688 Chicago: 11.1 → 11.7 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 56.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0688 Chicago's TCR rose 0.6 from 11.1 in 2016 to 11.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 56.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 14.9 · 439% of ind
- DART 6.3 DART
- RANK #1250/1293
- PHOTO Trader Joe's 0071 Fa…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 109 inj
- SIZE ~121 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0071 Fair Oaks (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0688 Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0688 Chicago
14.9 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0071 Fair Oaks
14.9 TCR
- Global Special
Global Specialty Fulfillment : BFI6
14.9 TCR
- 4054-ABS 0016
4054-ABS 0016 3204
14.9 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0014 Bakersfield
14.9 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0688 Chicago averages 14.9 TCR (439% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0688 Chicago TCR series: 2016=11.1 · 2017=13.6 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=8.9 · 2021=33.5 · 2022=56.8 · 2023=27.3 · 2024=11.7 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0688 Chicago 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 #1250 safest of 1293 Grocery Store employers in Illinois.
Trader Joe's 0688 Chicago 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 | 11.7 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 27.3 | 11.7 | 23 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | 56.8 | 42.0 | 23 | 27 | 0 |
| 2021 | 33.5 | 17.9 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.9 | 5.6 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 13.6 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11.1 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · IL · Chicago
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 0071 Fair Oaks | 14.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Global Specialty Fulfillment : BFI6 | 14.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4054-ABS 0016 3204 | 14.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0014 Bakersfield | 14.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Waterman, IL | 121 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1 Lincoln Center | 121 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Aurora | 121 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MS - East Peoria, IL - 1EPIL | 121 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Chicago Public Schools | 49,500 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Chicago/Corporate | 18,831 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Illinois at Chicago | 13,092 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University Health Service UIC UIC Campus | 12,732 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | TownePlace Suites Lancaster | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Isabelles Kitchen Inc | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0071 Fair Oaks | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Public Works | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0676 Woodmere | 121 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eversource - Yarmouth | 121 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Truck Country - Dubuque | 121 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Daniel Marr & Son Company | 121 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.