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TRADER JOE'S COMPANY

1211 GARNET AVE., SAN DIEGO, CA, 92109
Operated by Trader Joes · 1 of 167 establishments
EIN 951987958

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OSHA inspections
1
over 34 years
Violations
8
Penalties
$0
$0 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

TRADER JOE'S COMPANY has accumulated 8 OSHA violations across 1 inspection over 34 years of recorded history.

The establishment sits in the 92nd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 119,380 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 34 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

TRADER JOE'S COMPANY appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
1
0.0 / yr · last 34 yrs
Violations
8
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$0
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 1

100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 8 distinct standards shown · 8 citations in this view.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 2340.002411Oct 1991Oct 1991
3203 A11Oct 1991Oct 1991
3203 B11Oct 1991Oct 1991
3235 E11Oct 1991Oct 1991
3273 A11Oct 1991Oct 1991
5194 E0111Oct 1991Oct 1991
5194 G1011Oct 1991Oct 1991
5194 H0211Oct 1991Oct 1991

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

92nd

Worse on violations than most other employers. Peer group: 119,380 employers. This establishment has 8 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
0th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
0th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
20.3
vs industry
TRIR
30.4
vs industry

Reported for 148 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Inspection breakdown

Complaint
1

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for TRADER JOE'S COMPANY. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
34 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 34+ years. Most recent activity: 34 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for TRADER JOE'S COMPANY. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for TRADER JOE'S COMPANY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in CA — for Trader Joes, not this location alone

Total cases
31
Unfair labor practice
30
Representation (union)
1

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other Trader Joes locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 31 cases · 30 ULP · 1 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
32-CA-388593Unfair labor practiceJun 2026OpenRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-388544Unfair labor practiceJun 2026OpenRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-385523Unfair labor practiceApr 2026OpenRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-366161Unfair labor practiceMay 2025Nov 2025ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-351645Unfair labor practiceSep 2024Jan 2026ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-351578Unfair labor practiceSep 2024Jan 2026ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-342387Unfair labor practiceMay 2024Feb 2025ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-332926Unfair labor practiceJan 2024Jul 2025ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-332704Unfair labor practiceDec 2023Dec 2024ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-326953Unfair labor practiceSep 2023Aug 2025ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-325588Unfair labor practiceSep 2023Aug 2025ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-325478Unfair labor practiceSep 2023Oct 2023ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-323185Unfair labor practiceAug 2023Aug 2025ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-319777Unfair labor practiceJun 2023Jun 2023ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-317799Unfair labor practiceMay 2023Jun 2023ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-317027Unfair labor practiceApr 2023Apr 2024ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-316623Unfair labor practiceApr 2023Aug 2025ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-316349Unfair labor practiceApr 2023Aug 2025ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-316178Unfair labor practiceApr 2023Aug 2025ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
20-CA-316093Unfair labor practiceApr 2023Jun 2023ClosedRegion 20, San Francisco, California
32-CA-315440Unfair labor practiceApr 2023Apr 2023ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-315434Unfair labor practiceApr 2023Aug 2025ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-315067Unfair labor practiceMar 2023Aug 2025ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-314894Unfair labor practiceMar 2023OpenRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-RC-314639Representation electionMar 2023Apr 2023ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
32-CA-314892Unfair labor practiceMar 2023Aug 2025ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California
20-CA-296180Unfair labor practiceMay 2022Jul 2022ClosedRegion 20, San Francisco, California
31-CA-283980Unfair labor practiceOct 2021Jun 2022ClosedRegion 31, Los Angeles, California
31-CA-283971Unfair labor practiceOct 2021Sep 2022ClosedRegion 31, Los Angeles, California
31-CA-276943Unfair labor practiceMay 2021Sep 2021ClosedRegion 31, Los Angeles, California
32-CA-021226Unfair labor practiceFeb 2004May 2004ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for TRADER JOE'S COMPANY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for TRADER JOE'S COMPANY. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
TRADER JOES 021
1640 GARNET AVE · SAN DIEGO, CA, 92109
RCRANo Violation Identified00View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for TRADER JOE'S COMPANY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
1991-10-03Complaint8$0

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

TRADER JOE'S COMPANY is one of 167 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Trader Joes.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Trader Joes across all 167 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on TRADER JOE'S COMPANY from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Trader Joes, which operates 167 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is TRADER JOE'S COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
TRADER JOE'S COMPANY has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 8 violations and $0 in total penalties.