Academies, college or university · New York

Division 20 University of Rochester

Rochester, NY · ~1,568 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Division 20 University of Rochester runs at 198% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade D.

Division 20 University of Rochester: 2.8 TCR = 198% of Academies, college or university BLS 1.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Division 20 University of Rochester safety composite

Division 20 University of Rochester scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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 20 University of Rochester: 2.7 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.16× in 2021

Division 20 University of Rochester's TCR rose 1.1 from 2.7 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.16× 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 2.8 · 198% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #27/28
  • PHOTO Wake Forest Universi…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 75 inj
  • SIZE ~1,568 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wake Forest University Health Sciences (0.0 TCR gap)

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Division 20 University of Rochester in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Division 20 University of Rochester averages 2.8 TCR (198% of the Academies, college or university BLS benchmark).

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

Division 20 University of Rochester TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=2.4 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=3.8 · BLS 1.4

Where Division 20 University of Rochester falls in its industry

347 Academies, college or universi establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 28 Academies, college or universi employers in New York.

Division 20 University of Rochester (1,568 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Division 20 University of Rochester
Division 20 University of Rochester (1,568 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Division 20 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 Fatalities
2021 3.8 3.2 20 0 0
2020 3.1 3.1 14 0 0
2019 1.9 1.9 12 0 0
2017 2.4 1.9 14 0 0
2016 2.7 2.3 15 1 0

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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Wake Forest University Health Sciences 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Aguadilla 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Norfolk State University 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Forest Hills Hospital 1,567 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mercy Medical Center 1,571 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ingram Micro, Inc. - Williamsville 1,555 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sisters of Charity Hospital 1,555 FTE
CITY-NEAR Division 50 University of Rochester 13,244 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochester General Hospital 7,833 FTE
CITY-NEAR Division 40 University of Rochester 4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unity Hospital 3,158 FTE
NAT-TCR Spectrum Brands 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Communications Electronics- Jessup 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ariel Mt. Vernon 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Pinnacle Services Inc 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Amazon Transportation Services : CVG9 1,568 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raytheon_Tucson_AZ_Rita Road 1,568 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1855-ILARL009 1,567 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Quality Food Service, Inc 1,567 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.