Academies, college or university · Virginia

Norfolk State University

Norfolk, VA · ~2,981 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Norfolk State University runs at 201% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade F.

Norfolk State University: 2.8 TCR = 201% of Academies, college or university BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norfolk State University safety composite

Norfolk State University scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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 2.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

Norfolk State University: 1.5 → 4.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.83× in 2024

Norfolk State University's TCR rose 2.6 from 1.5 in 2023 to 4.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Norfolk, VA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 2.8 · 201% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #11/14
  • PHOTO University of Connec…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~2,981 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: University of Connecticut, Storrs (0.0 TCR gap)

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Norfolk State University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Norfolk State University averages 2.8 TCR (201% 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

Norfolk State University TCR series: 2023=1.5 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 1.4

Where Norfolk State University falls in its industry

347 Academies, college or universi establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 14 Academies, college or universi employers in Virginia.

Norfolk State University (2,981 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 Norfolk State University
Norfolk State University (2,981 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Norfolk State University 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
2024 4.1 2.3 17 13 0
2023 1.5 1.2 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · VA · Norfolk

347 Academies, college or university employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 473 employers in Norfolk, VA · 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 University of Connecticut, Storrs 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 Wake Forest University Health Sciences 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : RIC2 3,011 FTE
STATE-SIZE SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY SCHOOLS 2,863 FTE
STATE-SIZE Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters 2,853 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - ORF3 3,196 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sentara Norfolk General Hospital 4,863 FTE
CITY-NEAR Childrens Hospital of The Kings Dau 3,707 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Atlantic Group dba DZ Atlantic 3,248 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eastern Virginia Medical School 2,120 FTE
NAT-TCR 266 Crestwood 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bridgeview 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kyloe - Wwwl Outerloop Building 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ohmar - Marietta 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Takeda: USA Field Sales Employees 2,980 FTE
NAT-SIZE Field Service Orlando 2,976 FTE
NAT-SIZE Honda Mfg. of Indiana, LLC 2,975 FTE
NAT-SIZE Silver Cross Hospital 2,989 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.