Food Services · North Carolina

500076700 - Elon University

Elon, NC · ~230 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

500076700 - Elon University runs at 185% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade D.

500076700 - Elon University: 5.5 TCR = 185% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

500076700 - Elon University safety composite

500076700 - Elon University scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−5.2

2016→2017

500076700 - Elon University injury rate improved

500076700 - Elon University's TCR fell 5.2 from 8.2 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.2 · 2017=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 185% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #159/214
  • PHOTO SODEXO AT UMFK NOWLA…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~230 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT UMFK NOWLAND DINING HALL (0.0 TCR gap)

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500076700 - Elon University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 500076700 - Elon University averages 5.5 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

500076700 - Elon University TCR series: 2016=8.2 · 2017=2.9 · BLS 3.0

Where 500076700 - Elon 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 North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #159 safest of 214 Food Services employers in North Carolina.

500076700 - Elon University (230 employees, TCR 5.5) 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 500076700 - Elon University
500076700 - Elon University (230 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

500076700 - Elon 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 2.9 0.7 4 0 0
2016 8.2 7.4 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · NC · Elon

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 7 employers in Elon, 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 UMFK NOWLAND DINING HALL 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT TULSA ELDERLY NUTR 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR UHG - Eden Prairie Campus Cafe 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 000006647 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE 4210_8299 230 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thomasville (Todd Court) 230 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3UC AvL Technologies 230 FTE
STATE-SIZE L&P High Point Spring 230 FTE
CITY-NEAR 500076700 ELON UNIVERSITY 354 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4021-500076700 339 FTE
CITY-NEAR Engineered Controls International, LLC (ECI) - Elon 269 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elon Plant 263 FTE
NAT-TCR St. Joseph Health Center 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Core Converting Operations 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 0005 - Bakersfield, CA 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Foster Ave (Nyfos) 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE TN-Nashville-Operating Center 230 FTE
NAT-SIZE Salt Lake City (Utltc) 230 FTE
NAT-SIZE Conroe (Txcon) 230 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sacramento Gateway (Camat) 230 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.