Food Services · Pennsylvania

000005268 - Kutztown University

Name: 000005268 - Kutztown University Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Kutztown, PA · ~243 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.3
Avg TCR: 3.0
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

000005268 - Kutztown University runs at 210% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade F.

000005268 - Kutztown University: 6.3 TCR = 210% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

000005268 - Kutztown University safety composite

000005268 - Kutztown University scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

000005268 - Kutztown University held a steady TCR band

000005268 - Kutztown University's TCR held near 0.3 from 6.1 in 2016 to 6.5 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.1 · 2017=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Kutztown, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.3 · 210% of ind

DART 4.8 DART
RANK #363/463
PHOTO SODEXO AT LYNDON STA…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 15 inj
SIZE ~243 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT LYNDON STATE-HORNET NEST (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.3
SODEXO AT LYND

6.3
4021-150021900

6.3
Lexington Heal

6.3
Lancaster Barn

6.3

What this shows 000005268 - Kutztown University averages 6.3 TCR (210% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

000005268 - Kutztown University TCR series: 2016=6.1 · 2017=6.5 · BLS 3.0

Where 000005268 - Kutztown University falls in its industry

6,952 Food Services establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #363 safest of 463 Food Services employers in Pennsylvania.

000005268 - Kutztown University (243 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

000005268 - Kutztown University has more employees than the Food Services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2017	6.5	4.8	8	0	0
2016	6.1	6.1	7	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · PA · Kutztown

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 43 employers in Kutztown, PA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	SODEXO AT LYNDON STATE-HORNET NEST	LYNDONVILLE, VT	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	4021-150021900	BOWIE, MD	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lexington Health Care Center of Chicago Ridge	CHICAGO RIDGE, IL	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lancaster Barnstormers	LANCASTER, PA	6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Fluidics Inc.	PHILADELPHIA	243 FTE
STATE-SIZE	JM Oliver Inc	MORTON	243 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Remco, Inc. - Allentown	ALLENTOWN	243 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Schindler Hanover Elevator Plant	HANOVER	243 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DC 30 - Kutztown, PA	Kutztown	521 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Advance Auto Parts DC 30	Kutztown	478 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Jetson Specialty Marketing Services Inc	Kutztown	413 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WIRE AND CABLE	Kutztown	253 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sheboygan (Wishe)	Sheboygan, WI	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Jamestown (Ndjam)	Jamestown, ND	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	USF Montgomery AL	Montgomery, AL	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mercy Laboratories	Springfield, MA	6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Life Care Center of Vista	Visa, CA	243 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ambulance Transportation	Milwaukee, WI	243 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fastener	St. Joe, IN	243 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Chassix Benton Harbor	Benton Harbor, MI	243 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.