Food Services · Michigan

000007167 - Wayne State University

Detroit, MI · ~357 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

000007167 - Wayne State University runs at 238% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade F.

000007167 - Wayne State University: 7.2 TCR = 238% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

000007167 - Wayne State University safety composite

000007167 - Wayne State University scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.1

2016→2017

000007167 - Wayne State University injury rate improved

000007167 - Wayne State University's TCR fell 5.1 from 9.7 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.7 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.7 · 2017=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Detroit, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 238% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #180/210
  • PHOTO Quinn York Hill
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~357 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Quinn York Hill (0.0 TCR gap)

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000007167 - Wayne State University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 000007167 - Wayne State University averages 7.2 TCR (238% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

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

000007167 - Wayne State University TCR series: 2016=9.7 · 2017=4.6 · BLS 3.0

Where 000007167 - Wayne State University falls in its industry

6,952 Food Services establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #180 safest of 210 Food Services employers in Michigan.

000007167 - Wayne State University (357 employees, TCR 7.2) 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 000007167 - Wayne State University
000007167 - Wayne State University (357 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

000007167 - Wayne State 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 4.6 4.6 7 0 0
2016 9.7 9.0 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · MI · Detroit

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 673 employers in Detroit, MI · 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 Quinn York Hill 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4056 Lancaster Bible College 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR TRIDENT MEDICAL CENTER 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kirkland Ellis Conf 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Benteler Holland 357 FTE
STATE-SIZE Morgan Olson Plant 1 357 FTE
STATE-SIZE 216 - Standale 357 FTE
STATE-SIZE Asplundh Tree Experts, 164 357 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford Hospital 8,838 FTE
CITY-NEAR Detroit Campus 8,632 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delta Air Lines - DTW 6,640 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Motors Corporation 5,241 FTE
NAT-TCR Peapod S&S West Danbury, Ct 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Stevens Point Hub (Wiste) 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR TX005 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR S04018 - Granite Quarry Hauling 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE FLHPADM06 357 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phelps 357 FTE
NAT-SIZE Los Angeles (Cacmr) 357 FTE
NAT-SIZE UGN-Somerset 357 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.