Employer · California

SJSU Union- Panda Express

San Jose, CA · ~28 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.1
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SJSU Union- Panda Express runs at 269% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.

SJSU Union- Panda Express: 8.1 TCR = 269% of industry BLS 3.0 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SJSU Union- Panda Express safety composite

SJSU Union- Panda Express scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

−9.0

2018→2024

SJSU Union- Panda Express injury rate improved

SJSU Union- Panda Express's TCR fell 9.0 from 21.0 in 2018 to 12.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 21.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=21.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=9.8 · 2023=13.7 · 2024=12.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · San Jose, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 269% of ind

  • DART 12.0 DART
  • RANK #447/586
  • PHOTO SODEXO AT USHR FORD …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT USHR FORD CAFETERIA (0.0 TCR gap)

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SJSU Union- Panda Express in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SJSU Union- Panda Express averages 8.1 TCR (269% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

SJSU Union- Panda Express TCR series: 2018=21 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=9.8 · 2023=13.7 · 2024=12 · BLS 3.0

Where SJSU Union- Panda Express falls in its industry

6,952 industry establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #447 safest of 586 industry employers in California.

SJSU Union- Panda Express (28 employees, TCR 8.1) 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 SJSU Union- Panda Express
SJSU Union- Panda Express (28 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

SJSU Union- Panda Express has fewer employees than the industry 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 12.0 12.0 1 0 0
2023 13.7 0.0 1 0 0
2022 9.8 9.8 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 21.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · CA · San Jose

6,952 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,102 employers in San Jose, CA · 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 SODEXO AT USHR FORD CAFETERIA 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR NAS-2 Taylor Rd 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT UM ORONO HILLTOP DINING 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4021-000008758 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Davis Ranch L.L.C. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steinbeck Country Produce 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harlan Family Ranch 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE KKG Equipment Company, LLC32 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-CALIFORNIA.SAN JOSE 11,308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Valley Medical Center (Hospital & Clinics) 7,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosendin - Main 6,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC & Clinics) 6,576 FTE
NAT-TCR 0607 - Olympia 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 2295 - Cicero 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Seminole Plant 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Stevensville, MT 8.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Es-Columbia Ozaukee 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ingalls Memorial Hospital PT 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fs-Sacred Hrt Emrld 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Market-St Paul 28 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. 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.