Food Services · Tennessee

500169300 - Univ. of Memphis

Name: 500169300 - Univ. of Memphis Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Memphis, TN · ~273 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · September 26, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.0
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

500169300 - Univ. of Memphis runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade B.

500169300 - Univ. of Memphis: 2.3 TCR = 77% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

500169300 - Univ. of Memphis safety composite

500169300 - Univ. of Memphis scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.91 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

−2.8

2016→2017

500169300 - Univ. of Memphis injury rate improved

500169300 - Univ. of Memphis's TCR fell 2.8 from 3.7 in 2016 to 0.9 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.7 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.7 · 2017=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Memphis, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 77% of ind

DART 0.9 DART
RANK #40/133
PHOTO SODEXO AT GEORGIA CO…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~273 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT GEORGIA COLLEGE-CHICK-FIL-A (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
SODEXO AT GEOR

2.3
SODEXO AT COLL

2.3
UC MERCHANDISE

2.3
110506200 TOYO

2.3

What this shows 500169300 - Univ. of Memphis averages 2.3 TCR (77% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

500169300 - Univ. of Memphis TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=0.9 · BLS 3.0

Where 500169300 - Univ. of Memphis falls in its industry

6,952 Food Services establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 133 Food Services employers in Tennessee.

500169300 - Univ. of Memphis (273 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

500169300 - Univ. of Memphis 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	0.9	0.9	1	0	0
2016	3.7	3.7	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · TN · Memphis

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,330 employers in Memphis, TN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	SODEXO AT GEORGIA COLLEGE-CHICK-FIL-A	MILLEDGEVILLE, GA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SODEXO AT COLLINSVILLE SCH DIST	COLLINSVILLE, IL	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	UC MERCHANDISE SALES	CHICAGO, IL	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	110506200 TOYOTA MOTOR INDIANA TMMI	PRINCETON, IN	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	FedEx 60 FEDEX PARKWAY	COLLIERVILLE	273 FTE
STATE-SIZE	6312-08	KNOXVILLE	273 FTE
STATE-SIZE	REI Co-op	LEBANON	273 FTE
STATE-SIZE	587	SPARTA	273 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FedEx 2903 SPRANKLE DR	Memphis	12,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR	381940311	Memphis	9,861 FTE
CITY-NEAR	American Residential Services	Memphis	5,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	Memphis	5,599 FTE
NAT-TCR	Benchmark-Worthington	Worthington, OH	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Grid Solutions : AIS - USC - Charleroi, PA, USA	Charleroi, PA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Big Lots Store #4627 Colorado Spring	Colorado Springs, CO	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mercy Inpatient Meical Associates (MIMA)	Springfield, MA	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	2590 Waterpark Drive,LLC	Mason, OH	273 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Concord Center (Cacon)	Concord, CA	273 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Astoria-HQ	Astoria, NY	273 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lutheran Home Hickory DBA Trinity Village	Hickory, NC	273 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.