Colleges, universities, and professional schools · New Mexico

New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, NM · ~6,466 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

New Mexico State University runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Colleges, universities, and professional schools workplace, earning a grade C.

New Mexico State University: 1.4 TCR = 104% of Colleges, universities, and professional schools BLS 1.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

New Mexico State University safety composite

New Mexico State University scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−1.3

2016→2024

New Mexico State University injury rate improved

New Mexico State University's TCR fell 1.3 from 2.4 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.4 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=1.0 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Las Cruces, NM ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 1.4 · 104% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK P52
  • PHOTO Impact 360 Institute
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 580 inj
  • SIZE ~6,466 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Impact 360 Institute (0.0 TCR gap)

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New Mexico State University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows New Mexico State University averages 1.4 TCR (104% of the Colleges, universities, and professional schools BLS benchmark).

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

New Mexico State University TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=1 · 2021=1 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 1.4

Where New Mexico State University falls in its industry

347 Colleges, universities, and pr establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
New Mexico State University (6,466 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University (6,466 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

New Mexico State University has more employees than the Colleges, universities, and professional median and a lower 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
2024 1.1 0.5 48 1 0
2023 0.9 0.6 40 0 0
2022 0.9 0.4 38 0 0
2021 1.0 0.5 42 0 0
2020 1.0 0.7 42 1 0
2019 1.9 1.2 84 0 0
2018 1.6 1.0 70 0 0
2017 2.3 1.5 104 0 0
2016 2.4 1.7 112 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · NM · Las Cruces

347 Colleges, universities, and professional schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,241 rated employers in New Mexico with headcount on file · 151 employers in Las Cruces, NM · 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 Impact 360 Institute 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dallas Baptist University 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Cabo Rojo 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Centra College of Nursing 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE NM-01 4,429 FTE
STATE-SIZE Presbyterian Hospital 4,298 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cooper Administrative Center 3,531 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - ABQ1 1,917 FTE
CITY-NEAR PHC-LAS CRUCES INC 1,408 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mountain View Regional Medical Center 1,400 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorial Medical Center 1,306 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc 444 FTE
NAT-TCR Welding Accessories and Cutting - Appleton 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Assembly Facility 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Winston Steel, LLC - Junia Location 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sanofi Taylor Distribution 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE University of Miami Medical School 6,465 FTE
NAT-SIZE Smyrna Vehicle Plant 6,459 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eli Lilly - Lilly Corp Center 6,482 FTE
NAT-SIZE East Carolina Univeristy Core Campus 6,489 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: 2024, 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.