Grocery Store · Iowa
Trader Joe's 0721 West Des Moines
West Des Moines, IA · ~65 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 19.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0721 West Des Moines runs at 575% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0721 West Des Moines: 19.6 TCR = 575% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0721 West Des Moines safety composite
Trader Joe's 0721 West Des Moines 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).
23/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 19.56 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% 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 0721 West Des Moines: 19.8 → 20.5 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 32.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.24× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0721 West Des Moines's TCR rose 0.6 from 19.8 in 2016 to 20.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 32.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · West Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 19.6 · 575% of ind
- DART 4.7 DART
- RANK #210/211
- PHOTO Store 5
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 61 inj
- SIZE ~65 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Store 5 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0721 West Des Moines in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0721 West Des Moines
19.6 TCR
- Store 5
Store 5
19.6 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0156 Olympia
19.6 TCR
- 5472-NAI-0033-
5472-NAI-0033-0033-03548
19.6 TCR
- CTV 85
CTV 85
19.5 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0721 West Des Moines averages 19.6 TCR (575% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0721 West Des Moines TCR series: 2016=19.8 · 2017=17.6 · 2018=7.3 · 2019=7.1 · 2020=29.8 · 2021=18.6 · 2022=22.8 · 2023=32.5 · 2024=20.5 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0721 West Des Moines 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 Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #210 safest of 211 Grocery Store employers in Iowa.
Trader Joe's 0721 West Des Moines 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 | 20.5 | 4.7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 32.5 | 20.5 | 12 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 22.8 | 19.0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 2021 | 18.6 | 2.1 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 29.8 | 23.4 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 17.6 | 7.5 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 19.8 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · IA · West Des Moines
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 160 employers in West Des Moines, IA · 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 5 | 19.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0156 Olympia | 19.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 5472-NAI-0033-0033-03548 | 19.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CTV 85 | 19.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | PDA Duane Arnold | 65 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dubuque Operating Center | 65 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Forrest and Associate Inc | 65 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cedar Rapids, IA/Quad Cities HVAC | 65 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hy-Vee, Inc. | 73,135 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wright Tree Service, Inc | 4,019 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WDMCS | 1,363 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters | 1,123 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Surgical Referral Service | 19.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Walker's Furniture-999 | 19.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jones Stevedoring | 19.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kershaw Farm Labor Management | 19.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0704 Libertyville | 65 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0699 Algonquin | 65 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | P&R Specialty, Inc. | 65 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0665 Grosse Pointe | 65 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.