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.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.9
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.4
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 11
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 6 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024).
Injury rate over time
Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.4 industry benchmark.
Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 445110.
Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita has an average TCR of 7.9, which is 233% of the industry average (3.4) for Grocery Store. This is significantly worse than average.
Safety Insights for Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita
Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita operates an establishment with approximately 58 full-time equivalent workers in WICHITA, KS, classified under the Grocery Store industry (NAICS 445110). Across 6 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 11 recordable injuries, 6 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 7.9 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the F letter grade (Failing Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.4 for Grocery Store, Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita's workforce experiences 233% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 6 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 445110 — Grocery Store.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 87,760 hours worked = 2.28 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita (this establishment) | 7.92 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 6-year avg |
| Grocery stores industry avg | 3.40 | BLS IIF, NAICS 445110 |
| Kansas state avg (all industries) | 4.51 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Trader Joe's 0729 Wichita to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 6 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 4 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 4 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 2 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
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 |
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