Food Services · Virginia

500185000 James Madison University

Harrisonburg, VA · ~792 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

500185000 James Madison University runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade D.

500185000 James Madison University: 4.6 TCR = 153% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

500185000 James Madison University safety composite

500185000 James Madison University scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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)
D 4.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

500185000 James Madison University: 4.6 → 51.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 51.0 TCR · DART/TCR 7.92× in 2024

500185000 James Madison University's TCR rose 46.4 from 4.6 in 2023 to 51.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 7.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Harrisonburg, VA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 153% of ind

  • DART 36.4 DART
  • RANK #152/212
  • PHOTO SODEXO AT MOLALLA RI…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~792 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT MOLALLA RIVER SCHOOL DIST (0.0 TCR gap)

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500185000 James Madison University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 500185000 James Madison University averages 4.6 TCR (153% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

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

500185000 James Madison University TCR series: 2023=4.6 · 2024=51 · BLS 3.0

Where 500185000 James Madison University falls in its industry

6,952 Food Services establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #152 safest of 212 Food Services employers in Virginia.

500185000 James Madison University (792 employees, TCR 4.6) 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 500185000 James Madison University
500185000 James Madison University (792 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

500185000 James Madison 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 51.0 36.4 14 0 0
2023 4.6 3.2 12 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · VA · Harrisonburg

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 171 employers in Harrisonburg, VA · 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 MOLALLA RIVER SCHOOL DIST 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT KECK MEDICAL CENTER OF USC 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT EAST HAVEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT MEDCOM USMA WEST POINT 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 7045 793 FTE
STATE-SIZE Department of Fire Rescue 791 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ceres Hampton Roads 797 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metro Machine Corp-NASSCO Norfolk 786 FTE
CITY-NEAR James Madison University 6,991 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harrisonburg Processing 4,130 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sentara Rockingham Memorial Hospital 2,232 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harrisonburg North Facility 953 FTE
NAT-TCR Worcester Envelope Company 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR St John Neumann Center 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbian Trading 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Dearborn Surgery Center LLC 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Flock Group, Inc. 792 FTE
NAT-SIZE Honda Lock/HL-A 792 FTE
NAT-SIZE Natchitoches Regional Medical Center 792 FTE
NAT-SIZE Management Office 792 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.

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