Grocery Store · South Carolina
Trader Joe's 0753 Columbia
Columbia, SC · ~88 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Trader Joe's 0753 Columbia runs at 475% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.
Trader Joe's 0753 Columbia: 16.1 TCR = 475% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trader Joe's 0753 Columbia safety composite
Trader Joe's 0753 Columbia scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).
16/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 16.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 12.6 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% 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 0753 Columbia: 8.5 → 22.7 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 36.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.78× in 2024
Trader Joe's 0753 Columbia's TCR rose 14.2 from 8.5 in 2017 to 22.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 36.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 16.1 · 475% of ind
- DART 12.6 DART
- RANK #778/789
- PHOTO 6400-SWY-0027-0027-0…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 58 inj
- SIZE ~88 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 6400-SWY-0027-0027-01546 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trader Joe's 0753 Columbia in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0405 Dallas
16.2 TCR
- This site
Trader Joe's 0753 Columbia
16.1 TCR
- 6400-SWY-0027-
6400-SWY-0027-0027-01546
16.1 TCR
- Store 1028
Store 1028
16.1 TCR
- Store 1457
Store 1457
16.1 TCR
What this shows Trader Joe's 0753 Columbia averages 16.1 TCR (475% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).
Trader Joe's 0753 Columbia TCR series: 2017=8.5 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=15.1 · 2020=10 · 2021=12.8 · 2022=36.8 · 2023=19.2 · 2024=22.7 · BLS 3.4
Where Trader Joe's 0753 Columbia falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery Store establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #778 safest of 789 Grocery Store employers in South Carolina.
Trader Joe's 0753 Columbia 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 | 22.7 | 12.6 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 19.2 | 10.3 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 36.8 | 29.1 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12.8 | 8.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.0 | 1.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 15.1 | 11.3 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · SC · Columbia
30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 542 employers in Columbia, SC · 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 | 6400-SWY-0027-0027-01546 | 16.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Store 1028 | 16.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Store 1457 | 16.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trader Joe's 0405 Dallas | 16.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Prysmian Construction Service Inc. | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bonitz Flooring and Contracting Greenville | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Innovative Fibers | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Clendenin Lumber Company | 88 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Palmetto Health Richland | 5,949 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Prisma Health Richland | 4,729 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | South Carolina Department of Transportation | 4,400 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SC Department of Transportation | 3,864 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | COS002 | 16.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Centennial Store | 16.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Morris County Sheriff's Bureau of Corrections | 16.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sterling Village, LLC | 16.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0240 Los Angeles | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0181 Los Gatos | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0140 Redmond | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S05400 - Jacksonville Hauling | 88 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.