Grocery Store · North Carolina

Trader Joe's 0742 South Charlotte

South Charlotte, NC · ~140 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
19.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Trader Joe's 0742 South Charlotte runs at 559% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.

Trader Joe's 0742 South Charlotte: 19.0 TCR = 559% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Trader Joe's 0742 South Charlotte safety composite

Trader Joe's 0742 South Charlotte 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 19.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−5.9

2016→2024

Trader Joe's 0742 South Charlotte injury rate improved

Trader Joe's 0742 South Charlotte's TCR fell 5.9 from 18.9 in 2016 to 12.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 29.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.9 · 2017=19.2 · 2018=12.7 · 2019=21.9 · 2020=13.9 · 2021=29.5 · 2022=23.4 · 2023=18.7 · 2024=12.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · South Charlotte, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 19.0 · 559% of ind

  • DART 6.0 DART
  • RANK #1620/1627
  • PHOTO 6962-SWY-0025-0025-0…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 116 inj
  • SIZE ~140 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6962-SWY-0025-0025-01968 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Trader Joe's 0742 South Charlotte in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Trader Joe's 0742 South Charlotte averages 19.0 TCR (559% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Trader Joe's 0742 South Charlotte TCR series: 2016=18.9 · 2017=19.2 · 2018=12.7 · 2019=21.9 · 2020=13.9 · 2021=29.5 · 2022=23.4 · 2023=18.7 · 2024=12.9 · BLS 3.4

Where Trader Joe's 0742 South Charlotte falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery Store establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1620 safest of 1627 Grocery Store employers in North Carolina.

Trader Joe's 0742 South Charlotte (140 employees, TCR 19.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Trader Joe's 0742 South Charlotte
Trader Joe's 0742 South Charlotte (140 employees, TCR 19.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Trader Joe's 0742 South Charlotte has more 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 12.9 6.0 15 0 0
2023 18.7 11.2 12 8 0
2022 23.4 17.3 10 13 0
2021 29.5 22.1 14 14 0
2020 13.9 9.6 10 3 0
2019 21.9 18.8 17 4 0
2018 12.7 8.1 11 0 0
2017 19.2 14.4 14 2 0
2016 18.9 8.8 13 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · NC · South Charlotte

30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 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 6962-SWY-0025-0025-01968 19.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6400-SWY-0027-0027-00251 19.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trader Joe's 0403 Dallas 19.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-01883 19.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bernhard MCC L.L.C. RNC 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Carolina Air Conditioning 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6921-05000 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE ATEX Technologies Inc 140 FTE
NAT-TCR Scott Health & Rehabilitaion 19.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Jacksonville Vending 19.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Accura Healthcare of Milford 19.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Legacy at Salina 19.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cinfab 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE C028 Hagerstown 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE JDM Materials Company 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1107 - NSM Mountain Park 140 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.