Food Services · Pennsylvania

000010751 Temple University

Philadelphia, PA · ~350 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.7
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

000010751 Temple University runs at 424% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade F.

000010751 Temple University: 12.7 TCR = 424% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

000010751 Temple University safety composite

000010751 Temple University scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 21.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

000010751 Temple University: 4.1 → 21.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 21.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.68× in 2024

000010751 Temple University's TCR rose 17.2 from 4.1 in 2023 to 21.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 12.7 · 424% of ind

  • DART 21.3 DART
  • RANK #443/463
  • PHOTO Kirkwood
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~350 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kirkwood (0.0 TCR gap)

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000010751 Temple University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 000010751 Temple University averages 12.7 TCR (424% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

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

000010751 Temple University TCR series: 2023=4.1 · 2024=21.3 · BLS 3.0

Where 000010751 Temple University falls in its industry

6,952 Food Services establishments

Safer than 5% 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 #443 safest of 463 Food Services employers in Pennsylvania.

000010751 Temple University (350 employees, TCR 12.7) 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 000010751 Temple University
000010751 Temple University (350 employees, TCR 12.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

000010751 Temple 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 21.3 21.3 3 0 0
2023 4.1 4.1 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · PA · Philadelphia

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,431 employers in Philadelphia, 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 Kirkwood 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR LOURDES UNIVERSITY BOARD (TOLEDO)** 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 000019556 CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY P L 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4021-500052300 12.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Muncy Manufacturing Facility - KNA 350 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bay Valley Foods 350 FTE
STATE-SIZE Globus Medical Branch 350 FTE
STATE-SIZE Armstrong World Industries - Marietta Ceiling Plant 350 FTE
CITY-NEAR FIVE BELOW INC 19,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hospital of University of Pennsylvania 13,423 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Main Hospital 9,638 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Main Campus 9,129 FTE
NAT-TCR Sierra Pacific Industries, Quincy Division 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Carando Gourmet Frozen Foods Corp 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR CG Scaffolding Inc. 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Artis Senior Living of Bartlett 12.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Skylark Meats 350 FTE
NAT-SIZE Olathe Ks 350 FTE
NAT-SIZE Riverwood Center 350 FTE
NAT-SIZE ContiTech 350 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.