Grocery Store · Illinois
Trader Joe's 0701 Chicago
Chicago, IL · ~87 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 20.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0701 Chicago runs at 611% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0701 Chicago: 20.8 TCR = 611% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0701 Chicago safety composite
Trader Joe's 0701 Chicago scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).
22/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 20.78 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% 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 0701 Chicago: 8.6 → 21.3 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 37.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.26× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0701 Chicago's TCR rose 12.7 from 8.6 in 2016 to 21.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 37.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 20.8 · 611% of ind
- DART 5.3 DART
- RANK #1285/1293
- PHOTO Trader Joe's 0194 Lo…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 88 inj
- SIZE ~87 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0194 Long Beach (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0701 Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0701 Chicago
20.8 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0194 Long Beach
20.8 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0633 Jenkintown
20.8 TCR
- 70
70
20.8 TCR
- Store 1099
Store 1099
20.7 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0701 Chicago averages 20.8 TCR (611% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0701 Chicago TCR series: 2016=8.6 · 2017=10.1 · 2018=12.8 · 2019=37.4 · 2020=25 · 2021=17.5 · 2022=34.5 · 2023=19.9 · 2024=21.3 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0701 Chicago falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery Store establishmentsSafer than 1% 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 #1285 safest of 1293 Grocery Store employers in Illinois.
Trader Joe's 0701 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 | 21.3 | 5.3 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 19.9 | 12.0 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 34.5 | 27.9 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
| 2021 | 17.5 | 10.5 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 25.0 | 21.4 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 37.4 | 17.1 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12.8 | 4.8 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10.1 | 6.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8.6 | 1.7 | 5 | 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 0194 Long Beach | 20.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0633 Jenkintown | 20.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 70 | 20.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Store 1099 | 20.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | HI-Grade Egg Producers & Processors - Loda | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Acciona Energy USA Global | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - AIC Distribution Operations | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern N - IL Gas Ops | 87 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 | Trader Joe's 0194 Long Beach | 20.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 6458-ZWPL | 20.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0633 Jenkintown | 20.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Balboa Mesa | 20.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0764 Gainesville | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0775 Pembroke Pines | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0630 Pittsburgh | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LifeQuest Nursing Center | 87 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.