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

Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 050/Johnson University

Knoxville, TN · ~25 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 050/Johnson University runs at 239% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) workplace, earning a grade F.

Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 050/Johnson University: 7.2 TCR = 239% of Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) BLS 3.0 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 050/Johnson University safety composite

Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 050/Johnson University scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

TCR Δ

−15.2

2016→2024

Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 050/Johnson University injury rate improved

Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 050/Johnson University's TCR fell 15.2 from 23.8 in 2016 to 8.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 23.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=23.8 · 2017=8.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=8.1 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=8.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 239% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #115/133
  • PHOTO Quincy University
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Quincy University (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 050/Johnson University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 050/Johnson University averages 7.2 TCR (239% 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

Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 050/Johnson University TCR series: 2016=23.8 · 2017=8.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2022=8.1 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=8.6 · BLS 3.0

Where Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 050/Johnson University falls in its industry

6,952 Cafeteria food services contra establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #115 safest of 133 Cafeteria food services contra employers in Tennessee.

Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 050/Johnson University (25 employees, TCR 7.2) 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 Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 050/Johnson University
Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 050/Johnson University (25 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 050/Johnson University has fewer 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
2024 8.6 0.0 1 0 0
2023 8.1 0.0 1 0 0
2022 8.1 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 8.8 8.8 1 0 0
2016 23.8 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · TN · Knoxville

6,952 Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 747 employers in Knoxville, TN · 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 Quincy University 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT SHARP CORONADO HOSPITAL FOOD 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2064 Chick fil A at Mohegan Sun Casino 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tesla AW Cafe 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE B&B Sawmill, LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Union City UCY1 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE UCEMC Corporate 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE 8018168 - Nashville Federal Courthouse 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cellular Sales Services Group LLC 6,387 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health System, Inc 5,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR Functional Pathways of TN LLC 2,258 FTE
CITY-NEAR HES Facilities Services K-12 2,157 FTE
NAT-TCR The Springs at Tanasbourne 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR UKC 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Canon Environmental Technologies Incorporated 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Valley Joist West 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pickering Street 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shelton Building Associates, LLC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE H & R Agipower - Mayfield 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE H & R Agripower - Owensboro 25 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, 2020, 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.