Food Services · North Carolina

500077400 Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, NC · ~528 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
19.6
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

500077400 Western Carolina University runs at 652% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade F.

500077400 Western Carolina University: 19.6 TCR = 652% 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 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 19.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 24.54 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

500077400 Western Carolina University: 2.3 → 36.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 36.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.25× in 2024

500077400 Western Carolina University's TCR rose 34.5 from 2.3 in 2023 to 36.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 19.6 · 652% of ind

  • DART 24.5 DART
  • RANK #213/214
  • PHOTO Dallas Center-Grimes…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~528 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dallas Center-Grimes Community School (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 19.6 TCR (652% 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: 2023=2.3 · 2024=36.8 · BLS 3.0

Where 500077400 Western Carolina University falls in its industry

6,952 Food Services establishments

Safer than 2% 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 #213 safest of 214 Food Services employers in North Carolina.

500077400 Western Carolina University (528 employees, TCR 19.6) 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate 500077400 Western Carolina University
500077400 Western Carolina University (528 employees, TCR 19.6) 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 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 36.8 24.5 6 0 0
2023 2.3 2.3 4 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 Dallas Center-Grimes Community School 19.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 120614700 CHAUNCEY CONFERENCE CENTER 19.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR GRB ADMIN 19.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT MORAGA SCHOOL DISTRICT 19.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 9301 Globe Center Drive 528 FTE
STATE-SIZE 9300 Globe Center Drive CEVA 529 FTE
STATE-SIZE Physicians East, P.A.- Corporate 526 FTE
STATE-SIZE Continental Automotive Systems, Inc 531 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4021-500077400 613 FTE
CITY-NEAR 500077400 - WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY 457 FTE
NAT-TCR Kasco Fab, Inc. 19.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Phil's BBQ of Rancho Bernardo Inc. 19.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Les Schwab Tire Center-Nampa South 19.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0565 19.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Adco Electric 528 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saalex Solutions 528 FTE
NAT-SIZE Noresco LLC 528 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bartow Regional Medical Center (0101) 528 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.