Food Services · Connecticut

000019507 Fairfield University

Fairfield, CT · ~155 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

000019507 Fairfield University runs at 201% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade F.

000019507 Fairfield University: 6.0 TCR = 201% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

000019507 Fairfield University safety composite

000019507 Fairfield University scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

000019507 Fairfield University: 6.0 → 76.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 76.8 TCR · DART/TCR 10.89× in 2024

000019507 Fairfield University's TCR rose 70.7 from 6.0 in 2023 to 76.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 10.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Fairfield, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 201% of ind

  • DART 65.8 DART
  • RANK #74/105
  • PHOTO MCLAREN OAKLAND
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~155 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MCLAREN OAKLAND (0.0 TCR gap)

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000019507 Fairfield University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 000019507 Fairfield University averages 6.0 TCR (201% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

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

000019507 Fairfield University TCR series: 2023=6 · 2024=76.8 · BLS 3.0

Where 000019507 Fairfield University falls in its industry

6,952 Food Services establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #74 safest of 105 Food Services employers in Connecticut.

000019507 Fairfield University (155 employees, TCR 6.0) 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 000019507 Fairfield University
000019507 Fairfield University (155 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

000019507 Fairfield 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 76.8 65.8 7 0 0
2023 6.0 5.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · CT · Fairfield

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 63 employers in Fairfield, CT · 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 MCLAREN OAKLAND 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR LAD IN SEAT SERVE 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT UNIV OF TN MARTIN CAFETERIA 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4021-000005382 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Branson Ultrasonics Corporation Brookfield 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE R.K. Manufacturing 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE 100692 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2432 - Killingly 155 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fairfield Board of Education 1,670 FTE
CITY-NEAR 10317 Fairfield 266 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orthopaedic Specialty Group, P.C. 219 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ludlowe Center for health & rehab 206 FTE
NAT-TCR Wilkinson Construction 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 55575 San Luis Obispo 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 057 Fort Worth TX 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR S03198 - North Valley Disposal Recycling 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1225 Brooklyn Ny 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc. 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blue Cardinal Inc 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE D36 Philadelphia 155 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.