Food Services · Alabama

000020849 Samford University

Birmingham, AL · ~174 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

000020849 Samford University runs at 185% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade D.

000020849 Samford University: 5.6 TCR = 185% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

000020849 Samford University safety composite

000020849 Samford University scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

000020849 Samford University: 2.0 → 9.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 9.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.63× in 2024

000020849 Samford University's TCR rose 7.0 from 2.0 in 2023 to 9.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Birmingham, AL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 185% of ind

  • DART 9.1 DART
  • RANK #54/77
  • PHOTO BGSU UNION NEST
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~174 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BGSU UNION NEST (0.0 TCR gap)

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000020849 Samford University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 000020849 Samford University averages 5.6 TCR (185% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

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

000020849 Samford University TCR series: 2023=2 · 2024=9.1 · BLS 3.0

Where 000020849 Samford University falls in its industry

6,952 Food Services establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #54 safest of 77 Food Services employers in Alabama.

000020849 Samford University (174 employees, TCR 5.6) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 000020849 Samford University
000020849 Samford University (174 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

000020849 Samford 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 9.1 9.1 1 0 0
2023 2.0 1.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · AL · Birmingham

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 840 employers in Birmingham, AL · 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 BGSU UNION NEST 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Duval District 16 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR M6258 Indian Path* 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT MANSFIELD UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Main Office 174 FTE
STATE-SIZE AL048 Talladega Lumber Mill 174 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wooshin USA 174 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEJONG ALABAMA LLC 174 FTE
CITY-NEAR USD 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR CLASSIC FOODS 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR BIRMINGHAM PACKERS 8,650 FTE
NAT-TCR Spartanburg Sc 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Nob Hill 620-Scotts Valley 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Portsmouth VA 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Chipola Health and Rehabilitation Center 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE SP Orian LLC 174 FTE
NAT-SIZE Facility 539 174 FTE
NAT-SIZE Modern Italian Bakery 174 FTE
NAT-SIZE PorterMatt Electric 174 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.