Food Services · Massachusetts

000020468 Brandeis University

Waltham, MA · ~247 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.6
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

000020468 Brandeis University runs at 521% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade F.

000020468 Brandeis University: 15.6 TCR = 521% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

000020468 Brandeis University safety composite

000020468 Brandeis University scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 23.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

000020468 Brandeis University: 1.9 → 29.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 29.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.5× in 2024

000020468 Brandeis University's TCR rose 27.5 from 1.9 in 2023 to 29.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Waltham, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 15.6 · 521% of ind

  • DART 23.5 DART
  • RANK #185/192
  • PHOTO GOOD SHEPHERD FAIRVI…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~247 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GOOD SHEPHERD FAIRVIEW HOME (0.0 TCR gap)

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000020468 Brandeis University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 000020468 Brandeis University averages 15.6 TCR (521% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

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

000020468 Brandeis University TCR series: 2023=1.9 · 2024=29.4 · BLS 3.0

Where 000020468 Brandeis University 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 Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #185 safest of 192 Food Services employers in Massachusetts.

000020468 Brandeis University (247 employees, TCR 15.6) 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 000020468 Brandeis University
000020468 Brandeis University (247 employees, TCR 15.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

000020468 Brandeis 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 29.4 23.5 5 0 0
2023 1.9 1.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · MA · Waltham

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 118 employers in Waltham, MA · 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 GOOD SHEPHERD FAIRVIEW HOME 15.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1547 Medford Twp SD 15.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 500281400 SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY 15.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 400258200 CHERRY HILL PUBLIC SCHOOLS 15.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dianne's Fine Desserts Newburyport 247 FTE
STATE-SIZE Advance Mfg. Co., Inc. 247 FTE
STATE-SIZE David Clark Companies Incorporated 247 FTE
STATE-SIZE Russelectric, A Siemens Business 247 FTE
CITY-NEAR RESERVOIR WOODS (MA42) 2,025 FTE
CITY-NEAR 170 Data Drive Work Location-MAAV 1,985 FTE
CITY-NEAR RESERVOIR WOODS-MA42 1,736 FTE
CITY-NEAR Partners Home Care Inc 786 FTE
NAT-TCR Fraser 15.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Cogyp - Gypsum Center 15.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Waeve - Everett 15.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 9215-RIC 15.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 55565 Denver 247 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kandiyohi County Health and Human Services 247 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ahs Management Company Inc 247 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lagniappe Rehabilitation Services, LLC 247 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.