Academies, college or university · New York

Division 40 University of Rochester

Rochester, NY · ~4,884 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Division 40 University of Rochester runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade D.

Division 40 University of Rochester: 1.9 TCR = 132% of Academies, college or university BLS 1.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Division 40 University of Rochester safety composite

Division 40 University of Rochester scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.5

2016→2021

Division 40 University of Rochester injury rate improved

Division 40 University of Rochester's TCR fell 1.5 from 2.8 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.8 · 2017=2.3 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 1.9 · 132% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #22/28
  • PHOTO A.T. Still Universit…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 330 inj
  • SIZE ~4,884 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: A.T. Still University of Health Sciences - MO Campus (0.0 TCR gap)

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Division 40 University of Rochester in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Division 40 University of Rochester averages 1.9 TCR (132% 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 40 University of Rochester TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=2.3 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=1.3 · BLS 1.4

Where Division 40 University of Rochester falls in its industry

347 Academies, college or universi establishments

Safer than 39% 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 #22 safest of 28 Academies, college or universi employers in New York.

Division 40 University of Rochester (4,884 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 40 University of Rochester
Division 40 University of Rochester (4,884 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Division 40 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 1.3 0.3 49 0 0
2020 1.2 0.3 41 0 0
2019 1.8 0.4 66 0 0
2017 2.3 0.5 78 0 0
2016 2.8 0.5 96 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 A.T. Still University of Health Sciences - MO Campus 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colby College 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR University of Puget Sound 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE NY-05 4,926 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lewis Tree Service, Inc. Corporate Office 4,947 FTE
STATE-SIZE Staten Island University Hospital North 4,947 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lewis Tree Service, Inc. 5,022 FTE
CITY-NEAR Division 50 University of Rochester 13,244 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochester General Hospital 7,833 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unity Hospital 3,158 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wegmans Market St 2,806 FTE
NAT-TCR Steelville Manufacturing Co. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Southern Arizona Office 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Valley Health Plan (725) 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Del IPS Company, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines 4,884 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mercy Hospital Springfield 4,885 FTE
NAT-SIZE WellSpan York Hospital 4,886 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sentara Norfolk General Hospital 4,863 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.