Trader Joe's: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jun 5, 2021: Employee falls after striking grocery bag stand and fracture

At 7:10 a.m. on June 5, 2021, Employee #1 was putting an order together while standing near a register at a retail store. The employee turned sharply around the cashier's area and struck himself against a wooden grocery bag stand that was pulled open. The impact caused the employee to fall to the floor, sustaining a fracture to the left femur. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated.

Incident on Dec 23, 2012: Employee suffers cardiac arrest at work

At approximately 2:00 p.m. on December 23, 2012, Employee #1 was about to leave the restaurant she was working at, and suddenly went into cardiac arrest in the back storage area of the facility. A coworker caught Employee #1 before she fell to the ground. A customer, who is a nurse, assisted Employee #1 until paramedic s arrived where she was transported to a local hospital and was admitted for obs ervation.

Incident on Dec 4, 2012: Employee suffers finger tip amputation by refrigerator door

At approximately 12:30 p.m. on December 4, 2012, Employee #1 sustained a serious injury while rolling stock into the refrigerator. Employee #1 sustained a traum atic amputation of the left middle finger tip. The hospital was not able to reat tach the finger tip, and Employee #1 was treated and released from the hospital.

Incident on Jun 7, 2010: Employee's toes are crushed by pallet jack

At approximately 5:10 am on June 7, 2010, Employee #1, of Trader Joe's, was back ing up a pallet jack in order to retrieve a stack of empty pallets to put on the forks of the pallet jack. His toeas on his right foot were crushed. His foot wa s caught between a pallet jack and a cement block in the parking lot of the stor e. Employee #1 was hospitalized for about three weeks due to surgery to his foot . While backing up in the parking lot his right foot came in contact with a ceme nt parking stall, size 45" long by 5"height, and he fell after his foot was crus hed by the pallet jack.

Incident on Mar 1, 2008: Employee falls and injures his shoulder and wrist

At approximately 12:30 pm, on March 1, 2008 Employee #1 of Trader Joe's was inju red when he fell backwards after stepping onto the 1st landing of a rolling stoc k shelf located in the receiving area of the market. According to Employee #1, h e needed to reach a box that was out of his reach so he stepped onto the 1st lev el of a stock cart and attempted to pull down a box. Due to his weight from stan ding on the cart shelf, the cart tipped and he pulled several light weight boxes of stock onto himself as he fell backwards. Employee #1 complained of wrist and shoulder pain and was transported to Sharp Hospital in Chula Vista California. Employee #1 was discharged on March 3 2008 with no serious injuries other than s oreness.

Incident on Jun 27, 2003: Employee's ankle is broken when pinned by cart

On June 27, 2003, Employee #1 was clearing shopping carts. A driver lost control of a vehicle and drove through the rail barrier in front of the exit door to th e employer's establishment. The vehicle struck a grocery cart, and Employee #1 w as pinned between the cart and a column next to the exit door. Employee #1 was h ospitalized with a broken right ankle