Food Services · Ohio

000008813 the University of Akron

Akron, OH · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.3
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

000008813 the University of Akron runs at 511% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade F.

000008813 the University of Akron: 15.3 TCR = 511% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

000008813 the University of Akron safety composite

000008813 the University of Akron scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

000008813 the University of Akron: 15.3 → 129.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 129.8 TCR · DART/TCR 8.46× in 2024

000008813 the University of Akron's TCR rose 114.4 from 15.3 in 2023 to 129.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 8.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Akron, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.3 · 511% of ind

  • DART 129.8 DART
  • RANK #212/221
  • PHOTO SODEXO AT DSU CATERING
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT DSU CATERING (0.0 TCR gap)

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000008813 the University of Akron in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 000008813 the University of Akron averages 15.3 TCR (511% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

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

000008813 the University of Akron TCR series: 2023=15.3 · 2024=129.8 · BLS 3.0

Where 000008813 the University of Akron falls in its industry

6,952 Food Services establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #212 safest of 221 Food Services employers in Ohio.

000008813 the University of Akron (25 employees, TCR 15.3) 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 000008813 the University of Akron
000008813 the University of Akron (25 employees, TCR 15.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

000008813 the University of Akron has fewer 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 129.8 129.8 1 0 0
2023 15.3 10.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · OH · Akron

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 512 employers in Akron, OH · 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 SODEXO AT DSU CATERING 15.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 500598300 MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY 15.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ARBOR - COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 117 15.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ARBOR - SALEM SD 15.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rittman Orchards 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Convoy Dairy LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kalmbach Swine Management 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nature Pure Farm 2 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron 6,746 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron Children's Hospital 6,060 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summa Health - Akron City 4,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron General Medical Center 4,176 FTE
NAT-TCR Queen Anne Nursing Home 15.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Crystal Mountain Inc 15.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Lusamerica Foods, Inc. 15.3 TCR
NAT-TCR PHRG CT Sales & Marketing 15.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 033 Omaha NE Barnhart Crane and Rigging LLC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE 035 Des Moines IA Barnhart Crane and Rigging LLC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bellflower 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sherwood Lodge Assisted Living 25 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.