Food Services · Mississippi

500031200 - Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS · ~410 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

500031200 - Mississippi State University runs at 241% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade F.

500031200 - Mississippi State University: 7.2 TCR = 241% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

500031200 - Mississippi State University safety composite

500031200 - Mississippi State University scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.9

2016→2017

500031200 - Mississippi State University injury rate improved

500031200 - Mississippi State University's TCR fell 3.9 from 9.2 in 2016 to 5.3 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.2 · 2017=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Mississippi State, MS ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 241% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #55/61
  • PHOTO PITT- Carved and Cra…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~410 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PITT- Carved and Crafted Catering (0.0 TCR gap)

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500031200 - Mississippi State University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 500031200 - Mississippi State University averages 7.2 TCR (241% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

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

500031200 - Mississippi State University TCR series: 2016=9.2 · 2017=5.3 · BLS 3.0

Where 500031200 - Mississippi State University falls in its industry

6,952 Food Services establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #55 safest of 61 Food Services employers in Mississippi.

500031200 - Mississippi State University (410 employees, TCR 7.2) 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 500031200 - Mississippi State University
500031200 - Mississippi State University (410 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

500031200 - Mississippi State 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
2017 5.3 3.7 10 0 0
2016 9.2 5.6 17 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · MS · Mississippi State

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 4 employers in Mississippi State, MS · 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 PITT- Carved and Crafted Catering 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT COLORADO NORTHWEST COMM. COLL 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT MARQUETTE UNIV-COBEEN HALL 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR University of Southern CA 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jackson MS 410 FTE
STATE-SIZE 365 410 FTE
STATE-SIZE 501 410 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hitachi Energy USA, inc. Crystal Springs 409 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4021-500031200 409 FTE
CITY-NEAR 500031200 MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY 372 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4021-500031300 24 FTE
NAT-TCR 0077 - Omaha, Ne 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR NAPP Vineland 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Albuquerque Air Operation (Nmair) 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Lakewood Ranch Med Ctr Es 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE RAI Crew CMH 410 FTE
NAT-SIZE TriMet Ruby Junction Operations Facility 410 FTE
NAT-SIZE San Bernardino (Casbe) 410 FTE
NAT-SIZE Temecula (Caper) 410 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: 2017, 2016. 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.