Colleges, universities, and professional schools · Ohio

Oberlin College and Conservatory

Name: Oberlin College and Conservatory Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Oberlin, OH · ~2,073 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 1.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Oberlin College and Conservatory runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Colleges, universities, and professional schools workplace, earning a grade C.

Oberlin College and Conservatory: 1.3 TCR = 94% of Colleges, universities, and professional schools BLS 1.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Oberlin College and Conservatory safety composite

Oberlin College and Conservatory scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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).

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

Oberlin College and Conservatory held a steady TCR band

Oberlin College and Conservatory's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.8 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.8 · 2017=2.0 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Oberlin, OH AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 1.3 · 94% of ind

DART 0.6 DART
RANK #8/11
PHOTO 939 KANKAKEE COMMUNI…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 62 inj
SIZE ~2,073 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 939 KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.3
939 KANKAKEE C

1.3
LECOM Bradento

1.3
LCC - East

1.3
Eastern CT Sta

1.3

What this shows Oberlin College and Conservatory averages 1.3 TCR (94% of the Colleges, universities, and professional schools BLS benchmark).

Oberlin College and Conservatory TCR series: 2016=0.8 · 2017=2 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=1 · BLS 1.4

Where Oberlin College and Conservatory falls in its industry

347 Colleges, universities, and pr establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 11 Colleges, universities, and pr employers in Ohio.

Oberlin College and Conservatory (2,073 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Oberlin College and Conservatory 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
2019	1.0	0.6	11	0
2018	1.6	1.4	18	0
2017	2.0	1.6	23	1
2016	0.8	0.6	10	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · OH · Oberlin

347 Colleges, universities, and professional schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 20 employers in Oberlin, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	939 KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE	KANKAKEE, IL	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LECOM Bradenton	BRADENTON, FL	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LCC - East	EAST LANSING, MI	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Eastern CT State University	WILLIMANTIC, CT	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Mount Carmel West Hospital	COLUMBUS	2,085 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kenworth Truck Company	CHILLICOTHE	2,053 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cardinal Health South Campus	DUBLIN	2,093 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fairfield Medical Center	LANCASTER	2,049 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Coram Flora	Oberlin	988 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 5309	Oberlin	309 FTE
CITY-NEAR	5309	Oberlin	287 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kendal at Oberlin	Oberlin	232 FTE
NAT-TCR	Senior Housing Companies	Cedar Rapids, IA	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	PetersenDean Roofing and Solar West Sacramento-Solar	Sacramento, CA	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Osburn Trucking and Pumping	Garland, TX	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	BWE LLC, Springfield, Ma	Springfield, MA	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	355831-Morgan Ny P&Dc	New York, NY	2,072 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Caocs - Ontario Carrier Support	Ontario, CA	2,075 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ingram barge Company	Paducah, KY	2,071 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Unity Point Health Trinity Rock Island	Rock Island, IL	2,076 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.