Food Services · North Carolina

500077400 - Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, NC · ~457 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

500077400 - Western Carolina University runs at 101% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade C.

500077400 - Western Carolina University: 3.0 TCR = 101% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

500077400 - Western Carolina University safety composite

500077400 - Western Carolina University scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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%).

500077400 - Western Carolina University held a steady TCR band

500077400 - Western Carolina University's TCR held near 0.1 from 3.1 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.1 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.1 · 2017=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 101% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #92/214
  • PHOTO BLAKEFORD AT GREEN H…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~457 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BLAKEFORD AT GREEN HILLS (0.0 TCR gap)

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500077400 - Western Carolina University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 500077400 - Western Carolina University averages 3.0 TCR (101% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

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

500077400 - Western Carolina University TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=3 · BLS 3.0

Where 500077400 - Western Carolina University falls in its industry

6,952 Food Services establishments

Safer than 56% 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 #92 safest of 214 Food Services employers in North Carolina.

500077400 - Western Carolina University (457 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 500077400 - Western Carolina University
500077400 - Western Carolina University (457 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

500077400 - Western Carolina University has more employees than the Food Services median and a lower 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 3.0 1.5 6 0 0
2016 3.1 1.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · NC · Cullowhee

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 3 employers in Cullowhee, 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 BLAKEFORD AT GREEN HILLS 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Union Station 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR GOOGLE DOMAIN 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT HELENA SCHOOL SD 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Catalent Greenville NC 457 FTE
STATE-SIZE IAM Concord, NC 457 FTE
STATE-SIZE Apex Tool Group - Apex Operation 457 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Safety Center 457 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4021-500077400 613 FTE
CITY-NEAR 500077400 WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY 528 FTE
NAT-TCR 0280 - West Allis, Wi 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR RCR Star Nevada, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pueblo West Emergency Depsrtment 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Tifton (Gatif) 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood 457 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cleveland E68 Main Building (Ohcle) 457 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brm Whq 457 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gateway Healthcare, Inc. 457 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.