Academies, college or university · New York

Division 10 University of Rochester

Name: Division 10 University of Rochester Workplace Safety Data
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Rochester, NY · ~2,355 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 1.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Division 10 University of Rochester runs at 159% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade D.

Division 10 University of Rochester: 2.2 TCR = 159% of Academies, college or university BLS 1.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Division 10 University of Rochester safety composite

Division 10 University of Rochester scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 2.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Division 10 University of Rochester: 1.8 → 2.6 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.86× in 2021

Division 10 University of Rochester's TCR rose 0.8 from 1.8 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Rochester, NY ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 2.2 · 159% of ind

DART 1.9 DART
RANK #25/28
PHOTO Western Nevada College
BOOK 5y book
INJ 177 inj
SIZE ~2,355 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Western Nevada College (0.0 TCR gap)

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St. Catherine

2.3
This site

2.2
Western Nevada

2.2
Maryville Coll

2.2
NC State Unive

2.2

What this shows Division 10 University of Rochester averages 2.2 TCR (159% of the Academies, college or university BLS benchmark).

Division 10 University of Rochester TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=3.1 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=2.6 · BLS 1.4

Where Division 10 University of Rochester falls in its industry

347 Academies, college or universi establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 28 Academies, college or universi employers in New York.

Division 10 University of Rochester (2,355 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Division 10 University of Rochester has more employees than the Academies, college or university median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2021	2.6	1.9	42	0
2020	1.8	1.0	24	2
2019	1.9	1.5	32	0
2017	3.1	2.7	50	1
2016	1.8	1.4	29	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · NY · Rochester

347 Academies, college or university employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 956 employers in Rochester, NY · 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	Western Nevada College	CARSON CITY, NV	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Maryville College	MARYVILLE, TN	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NC State University	RALEIGH, NC	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	St. Catherine University	ST. PAUL, MN	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	GlobalFoundries - Malta	MALTA	2,376 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mercy Hospital of Buffalo	BUFFALO	2,379 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Glens Falls Hospital	GLENS FALLS	2,304 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Madison Square Garden Arena	NEW YORK	2,408 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Division 50 University of Rochester	Rochester	13,244 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rochester General Hospital	Rochester	7,833 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Division 40 University of Rochester	Rochester	4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Unity Hospital	Rochester	3,158 FTE
NAT-TCR	Benson Industries, Inc.	Portland, OR	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Colonial Electric Inc	Chino, CA	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	MTK04 - Applied Materials, Semi Tool	Kalispell, MT	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Unit 300	Atlanta, GA	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	West Bloomfield Hosp & Med Ctr	West Bloomfield, MI	2,356 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lenovo - Development Drive	Morrisville, NC	2,354 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Washington State Department of Health (Tumwater)	Tumwater, WA	2,354 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Riverside Community Hospital	Riverside, CA	2,354 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.