Colleges, Universities, Professinal Schools · Oregon

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR · ~12,573 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Oregon State University runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Colleges, Universities, Professinal Schools workplace, earning a grade D.

Oregon State University: 1.8 TCR = 129% of Colleges, Universities, Professinal Schools BLS 1.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Oregon State University safety composite

Oregon State University scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
F 0.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

2017→2024

Oregon State University injury rate improved

Oregon State University's TCR fell 1.3 from 2.6 in 2017 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.6 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=1.9 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Corvallis, OR ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 1.8 · 129% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO University of Minnes…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 798 inj
  • SIZE ~12,573 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: University of Minnesota Duluth (0.0 TCR gap)

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Oregon State University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Oregon State University averages 1.8 TCR (129% of the Colleges, Universities, Professinal Schools BLS benchmark).

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

Oregon State University TCR series: 2017=2.6 · 2018=2 · 2019=1.9 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 1.4

Where Oregon State University falls in its industry

347 Colleges, Universities, Profes establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Colleges, Universities, Profes employers in Oregon.

Oregon State University (12,573 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 05,00010,00015,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Oregon State University
Oregon State University (12,573 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Oregon State University has more employees than the Colleges, Universities, Professinal Scho 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 1.2 0.9 80 18 0
2023 2.2 1.1 159 4 0
2022 1.4 1.1 87 15 0
2021 1.4 1.4 80 5 0
2019 1.9 1.7 114 11 0
2018 2.0 1.3 126 19 0
2017 2.6 1.2 152 35 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · OR · Corvallis

347 Colleges, Universities, Professinal Schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 118 employers in Corvallis, OR · 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 Minnesota Duluth 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spelman College 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Notre Dame de Namur University 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ronler Acres Campus 11,998 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nike World Headquarters 14,796 FTE
STATE-SIZE OHSU Main Campus 18,003 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jones Farm Campus 7,114 FTE
CITY-NEAR Good Samaritan Hospital 1,944 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corvallis, Oregon 1,322 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Corvallis Clinic PC 681 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Corvallis 661 FTE
NAT-TCR Systems 2011 Holding, L.P. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Slc-Dwh-Salt Lake City 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Beaufort County Exterminators LLC dba Hilton Head Exterminators 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Egan Company 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Forest River, Inc. 12,549 FTE
NAT-SIZE FCA US Headquarters and Technology 12,609 FTE
NAT-SIZE University of Connecticut, Storrs 12,616 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johns Hopkins Hospital 12,523 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.