Grocery Store · Kansas
Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita
Wichita, KS · ~58 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita runs at 233% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita: 7.9 TCR = 233% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita safety composite
Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).
39/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% 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 0729 Wichita: 0.0 → 6.8 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 18.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.29× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita's TCR rose 6.8 from 0.0 in 2019 to 6.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 18.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Wichita, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 233% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK #145/159
- PHOTO Superior Grocers 136
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~58 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Superior Grocers 136 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita
7.9 TCR
- Superior Groce
Superior Grocers 136
7.9 TCR
- WILD BY NATURE
WILD BY NATURE #203
7.9 TCR
- 10548 Ygnacio
10548 Ygnacio Valley Road
7.9 TCR
- SWY-0025-0025-
SWY-0025-0025-00793 FAC-00793-ARCATA-CA
7.9 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita averages 7.9 TCR (233% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=12.2 · 2022=18.5 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=6.8 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery Store establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #145 safest of 159 Grocery Store employers in Kansas.
Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita 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 | 6.8 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 18.5 | 15.4 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12.2 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · KS · Wichita
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 841 employers in Wichita, KS · 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 | Superior Grocers 136 | 7.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WILD BY NATURE #203 | 7.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 10548 Ygnacio Valley Road | 7.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SWY-0025-0025-00793 FAC-00793-ARCATA-CA | 7.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | High Plains Ponderosa Dairy, LLC | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wichita System Control Center | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Phoenix Renovation and Restoration, Inc. | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PureField Ingredients, Food Ingredients | 58 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Spirit Aerosystems | 11,775 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Textron Aviation - Mid Continent | 4,359 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wesley Medical Center | 2,657 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-KSWIC062 | 2,438 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 3280 Rivergate, McMinnville, OR | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wst Fab | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Day Lee Food, Inc. Union City | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cardbox Packaging, Inc. | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Good Samaritan Society - Howard Lake | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Santa Monica Seafood (New Mexico Location) | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | A&L Wood Inc. | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kitchen Kaboodle Ii Inc | 58 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.