Food Services · North Carolina

000019449 North Carolina Central University

Durham, NC · ~292 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

000019449 North Carolina Central University runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade D.

000019449 North Carolina Central University: 4.3 TCR = 143% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

000019449 North Carolina Central University safety composite

000019449 North Carolina Central University scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

000019449 North Carolina Central University: 4.3 → 80.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 80.8 TCR · DART/TCR 11.79× in 2024

000019449 North Carolina Central University's TCR rose 76.5 from 4.3 in 2023 to 80.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 11.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Durham, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 143% of ind

  • DART 50.5 DART
  • RANK #133/214
  • PHOTO SODEXO AT MID-PACIFI…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~292 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT MID-PACIFIC - SCUDDER HALL (0.0 TCR gap)

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000019449 North Carolina Central University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 000019449 North Carolina Central University averages 4.3 TCR (143% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

000019449 North Carolina Central University TCR series: 2023=4.3 · 2024=80.8 · BLS 3.0

Where 000019449 North Carolina Central University falls in its industry

6,952 Food Services establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #133 safest of 214 Food Services employers in North Carolina.

000019449 North Carolina Central University (292 employees, TCR 4.3) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 000019449 North Carolina Central University
000019449 North Carolina Central University (292 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

000019449 North Carolina Central 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 80.8 50.5 8 0 0
2023 4.3 4.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · NC · Durham

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, NC · 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 MID-PACIFIC - SCUDDER HALL 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northwood University 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fairmont Area Sch 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT SAINT ROSE MAIN DINING 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE WM 1614 292 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1613 292 FTE
STATE-SIZE HP - High Performance 292 FTE
STATE-SIZE Environmental Holdings Group 292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR BWI 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Antioch 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 045 - Van Nuys Ca 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Westlake Village 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Plant Construction Company L.P. 292 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sharpe Interior Systems, Inc. 292 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trion Industries, Inc 292 FTE
NAT-SIZE Curtiss Wright - Target Rock 292 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.