Food Services · Massachusetts

500105300 Western New England University

Springfield, MA · ~80 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.0
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

500105300 Western New England University runs at 567% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade F.

500105300 Western New England University: 17.0 TCR = 567% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

500105300 Western New England University safety composite

500105300 Western New England 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 17.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 24.93 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

500105300 Western New England University: 9.1 → 24.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 24.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.46× in 2024

500105300 Western New England University's TCR rose 15.8 from 9.1 in 2023 to 24.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Springfield, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 17.0 · 567% of ind

  • DART 24.9 DART
  • RANK #187/192
  • PHOTO 110305700 DEERE CO…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 110305700 DEERE COMPANY WORLD HEADQUARTER (0.0 TCR gap)

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500105300 Western New England University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 500105300 Western New England University averages 17.0 TCR (567% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

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

500105300 Western New England University TCR series: 2023=9.1 · 2024=24.9 · BLS 3.0

Where 500105300 Western New England 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 Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #187 safest of 192 Food Services employers in Massachusetts.

500105300 Western New England University (80 employees, TCR 17.0) 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 500105300 Western New England University
500105300 Western New England University (80 employees, TCR 17.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

500105300 Western New England 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 24.9 24.9 1 0 0
2023 9.1 9.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · MA · Springfield

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 215 employers in Springfield, MA · 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 110305700 DEERE COMPANY WORLD HEADQUARTER 17.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR HONDA ANNA ENGINE WEST (SIDNEY)** 17.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 400235800 PEKIN COMMUNITY HS 17.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Blake School 17.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE BEVERLY 5310 ELECTRIC-MA05 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Hyde Park 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE MIG CORPORATION, INC. 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Diaz Construction Co., Inc. 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR BMC - Baystate Medical Center 8,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR BMP - Baystate Medical Practices 1,977 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Tarp Redevelopment, LLC d/b/a MGM Springfield 1,867 FTE
CITY-NEAR BMF - Baystate Medical Practices 1,746 FTE
NAT-TCR Independent Recycling Services Inc 17.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Eldorado Care Center DBA Avocado Post Acute 17.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Minnesota Correctional Facility - Shakopee 17.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Concord Plastics, Inc. 17.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Continental Lord, Inc. 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE JSH Farms, Inc. 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marc Glassman Inc 45AU 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marc Glassman Inc 42HV 80 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.