Grocery Store · Illinois
Trader Joe's 0696 Chicago
Chicago, IL · ~94 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 18.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0696 Chicago runs at 528% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0696 Chicago: 18.0 TCR = 528% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0696 Chicago safety composite
Trader Joe's 0696 Chicago scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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 17.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 10.34 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%).
TCR Δ
−1.5
2016→2024
Trader Joe's 0696 Chicago injury rate improved
Trader Joe's 0696 Chicago's TCR fell 1.5 from 15.8 in 2016 to 14.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 39.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=15.8 · 2017=9.1 · 2018=3.0 · 2019=14.3 · 2020=12.2 · 2021=34.1 · 2022=39.7 · 2023=19.1 · 2024=14.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 18.0 · 528% of ind
- DART 10.3 DART
- RANK #1275/1293
- PHOTO Store 1039
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 76 inj
- SIZE ~94 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Store 1039 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0696 Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Trader Joe's 0696 Chicago
18 TCR
- Store 1039
Store 1039
18 TCR
- Kalmus 0
Kalmus 0
18 TCR
- San Marcos #13
San Marcos #134
18 TCR
- 6962-SWY-0029-
6962-SWY-0029-0029-02131
18 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0696 Chicago averages 18.0 TCR (528% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0696 Chicago TCR series: 2016=15.8 · 2017=9.1 · 2018=3 · 2019=14.3 · 2020=12.2 · 2021=34.1 · 2022=39.7 · 2023=19.1 · 2024=14.2 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0696 Chicago falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery Store establishmentsSafer than 2% 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 #1275 safest of 1293 Grocery Store employers in Illinois.
Trader Joe's 0696 Chicago 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 | 14.2 | 10.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 19.1 | 12.3 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 39.7 | 25.4 | 13 | 12 | 0 |
| 2021 | 34.1 | 21.1 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| 2020 | 12.2 | 9.1 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 14.3 | 8.6 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.1 | 4.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 15.8 | 7.9 | 10 | 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 | Store 1039 | 18.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kalmus 0 | 18.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | San Marcos #134 | 18.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6962-SWY-0029-0029-02131 | 18.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Assembly | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ABC Humane Wildlife Control & Prevention Inc., DBA Landmark PEst Management | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Geneseo | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | R.A. Cullinan | 94 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 | Store 1039 | 18.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Superior Concrete Industries | 18.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Home City Ice Company Hanover | 18.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jackie Strong Logistics | 18.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0653 Washington | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Transystems LLC - Nampa Project | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Marlin Landscape | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bird Road | 94 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.