Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) · Michigan
Calvin College
Grand Rapids, MI · ~86 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.0
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Calvin College runs at 384% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) workplace, earning a grade F.
Calvin College: 11.5 TCR = 384% of Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) BLS 3.0 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Calvin College safety composite
Calvin College scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% 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
Calvin College: 1.9 → 18.1 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 21.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.35× in 2024
Calvin College's TCR rose 16.3 from 1.9 in 2016 to 18.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 21.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 722310 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.5 · 384% of ind
- DART 4.0 DART
- RANK #201/210
- PHOTO Covenant College*
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 78 inj
- SIZE ~86 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Covenant College* (0.0 TCR gap)
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Calvin College in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Calvin College
11.5 TCR
- Covenant Colle
Covenant College*
11.5 TCR
- New York Botan
New York Botanical Garden
11.5 TCR
- William Jewell
William Jewell Coll
11.5 TCR
- SODEXO AT USMC
SODEXO AT USMC W MH 43402
11.5 TCR
What this shows Calvin College averages 11.5 TCR (384% of the Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) BLS benchmark).
Calvin College TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=17.5 · 2018=5 · 2019=11.6 · 2020=11.4 · 2021=7.4 · 2022=9 · 2023=21.8 · 2024=18.1 · BLS 3.0
Where Calvin College falls in its industry
6,952 Cafeteria food services contra establishmentsSafer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #201 safest of 210 Cafeteria food services contra employers in Michigan.
Calvin College has more employees than the Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g 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 | 18.1 | 4.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 21.8 | 13.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.4 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11.6 | 6.4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 17.5 | 10.0 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
722310 · MI · Grand Rapids
6,952 Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, MI · 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 | Covenant College* | 11.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | New York Botanical Garden | 11.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | William Jewell Coll | 11.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SODEXO AT USMC W MH 43402 | 11.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Rite-Way Plumbing & Heating Inc | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Great Lakes Mechanical | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Nationwide Construction Group | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wendricks Truss Inc | 86 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA | 9,012 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SH Butterworth Hospital | 7,397 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI | 2,914 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood | 2,817 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Ward Trucking LLC-Maintenance shop | 11.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mercer Construction Company | 11.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fort Apache Store | 11.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Premier Packaging Products, Inc. | 11.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | LZHQ | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BurWil Construction Company, INC. | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Coke Northeast - Bangor | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tri-State Drilling | 86 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.