Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) · Michigan

Kalamazoo College

Kalamazoo, MI · ~415 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kalamazoo College runs at 170% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) workplace, earning a grade D.

Kalamazoo College: 5.1 TCR = 170% of Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) BLS 3.0 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kalamazoo College safety composite

Kalamazoo College scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

Kalamazoo College: 1.4 → 5.1 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 9.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2023

Kalamazoo College's TCR rose 3.7 from 1.4 in 2016 to 5.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 170% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #148/210
  • PHOTO WM - Home Cafe*
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 51 inj
  • SIZE ~415 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WM - Home Cafe* (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kalamazoo College in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kalamazoo College averages 5.1 TCR (170% of the Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) BLS benchmark).

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

Kalamazoo College TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=2 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=7.9 · 2021=9.5 · 2022=8.4 · 2023=5.1 · BLS 3.0

Where Kalamazoo College falls in its industry

6,952 Cafeteria food services contra establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #148 safest of 210 Cafeteria food services contra employers in Michigan.

Kalamazoo College (415 employees, TCR 5.1) 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo College (415 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Kalamazoo 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
2023 5.1 5.1 1 0 0
2022 8.4 8.4 3 0 0
2021 9.5 9.5 2 0 0
2020 7.9 0.0 1 0 0
2019 2.9 2.9 13 0 0
2018 2.0 1.6 9 0 0
2017 3.6 3.1 16 0 0
2016 1.4 1.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · MI · Kalamazoo

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 · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, 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 WM - Home Cafe* 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 500185000 - JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 610635600 - PAUL BROWN STADIUM - CONCESSIONS 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR GL 7101 USS Constitution 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Par Sterile Products LLC 415 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tenneco INC. 415 FTE
STATE-SIZE SAS Walker 415 FTE
STATE-SIZE Magna 39600 415 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bronson Methodist Hospital 4,909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road 3,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Instruments 2,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-MIKAL1 2,103 FTE
NAT-TCR MercyOne Family Clinic - Forest City 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR RMDS - Indianapolis 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 3286 - Seattle University Way 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Expo Center Parks & Rec 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE IAH George Bush International Airport 415 FTE
NAT-SIZE Godiva Chocolatier 415 FTE
NAT-SIZE Waynesboro 415 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sygma San Antonio - 42802 415 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.