Food Services · Pennsylvania

000005268 Kutztown University

Kutztown, PA · ~227 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

000005268 Kutztown University runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade D.

000005268 Kutztown University: 4.4 TCR = 145% 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 27%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

000005268 Kutztown University: 4.4 → 681.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 681.7 TCR · DART/TCR 96.22× in 2024

000005268 Kutztown University's TCR rose 677.3 from 4.4 in 2023 to 681.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 96.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 145% of ind

  • DART 419.5 DART
  • RANK #264/463
  • PHOTO MISSOURI DELTA MED C
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~227 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MISSOURI DELTA MED C (0.0 TCR gap)

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000005268 Kutztown University in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows 000005268 Kutztown University averages 4.4 TCR (145% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

000005268 Kutztown University TCR series: 2023=4.4 · 2024=681.7 · BLS 3.0

Where 000005268 Kutztown University falls in its industry

6,952 Food Services establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #264 safest of 463 Food Services employers in Pennsylvania.

000005268 Kutztown University (227 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 000005268 Kutztown University
000005268 Kutztown University (227 employees, TCR 4.4) 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
2024 681.7 419.5 13 0 0
2023 4.4 3.3 4 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR MISSOURI DELTA MED C 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ATRIUM HEALTH PINEVILLE 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR St. Louis Public Schools 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fresh Ideas Management- William Woods University 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE A.S.K. Foods 227 FTE
STATE-SIZE Niagara Bottling, LLC - Allentown 227 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grede-Meadville 227 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cook Vandergrift Inc. 227 FTE
CITY-NEAR DC 30 - Kutztown, PA 521 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advance Auto Parts DC 30 478 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jetson Specialty Marketing Services Inc 413 FTE
CITY-NEAR WIRE AND CABLE 253 FTE
NAT-TCR Durable Industrial Finishing Company 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR D58 Kansas City 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Clovis Nm 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 2043 Coborn's Melrose 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Saft America Inc 227 FTE
NAT-SIZE Billitier Electric Inc 227 FTE
NAT-SIZE Springdale Ar 227 FTE
NAT-SIZE 192 - Rockford IL 227 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: 2024, 2023. 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.