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Establishment profile

Trader Joe's

3 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94118
Operated by Trader Joes · 1 of 165 establishments
44529Other Specialty Food Retailers
EIN 951987958

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OSHA inspections
0
over 21 years
Violations
0
Penalties
$0
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Context
No OSHA inspections on record. This does not mean the employer is violation-free — OSHA inspects a small fraction of workplaces annually.

Summary

Trader Joe's has no OSHA inspection history on file. Federal records covering wage, environmental, labor relations, and other agencies are noted below where present.

The most recent federal enforcement activity was recorded 21 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 appears in WHD wage enforcement and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in OSHA workplace safety, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification, 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

No OSHA inspections, citations, or accidents on file for Trader Joe's. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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
25.9
vs industry
+25.1
TRIR
27.9
vs industry
+26.8

Reported for 77 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.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
1.1
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
27.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

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. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 21+ years. Most recent activity: 21 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; final payment may differ. 1 case · $0 in backwages · 0 workers affected

Case periodIndustryBackwagesWorkers
Feb 2003 – Feb 2005Other Specialty Food Stores0

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for Trader Joe's. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

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

Total cases
29
Unfair labor practice
28
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.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC)

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file for Trader Joe's. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for Trader Joe's. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for Trader Joe's. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

In the news

Part of a larger organization

Trader Joe's is one of 165 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 165 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in other specialty food retailers within CA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Trader Joes, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on Trader Joe's 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 165 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.

Frequently asked

What is Trader Joe's's OSHA violation history?
Trader Joe's has no OSHA inspections on record.
How does Trader Joe's's safety record compare to its industry?
Trader Joe's operates in the other specialty food retailers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.1. Trader Joe's's self-reported DART rate is 25.92 compared to an industry average of 0.8.