Employer · California

SJSU Union- Steak and Shake

San Jose, CA · ~20 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SJSU Union- Steak and Shake runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

SJSU Union- Steak and Shake: 4.4 TCR = 147% of industry BLS 3.0 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SJSU Union- Steak and Shake safety composite

SJSU Union- Steak and Shake scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

SJSU Union- Steak and Shake held a steady TCR band

SJSU Union- Steak and Shake's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 17.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=17.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 147% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #279/586
  • PHOTO SODEXO AT DECA FORT …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT DECA FORT DRUM (0.0 TCR gap)

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SJSU Union- Steak and Shake in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SJSU Union- Steak and Shake averages 4.4 TCR (147% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

SJSU Union- Steak and Shake TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=17.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.0

Where SJSU Union- Steak and Shake falls in its industry

6,952 industry establishments

Safer than 39% 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 #279 safest of 586 industry employers in California.

SJSU Union- Steak and Shake (20 employees, TCR 4.4) 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- Steak and Shake
SJSU Union- Steak and Shake (20 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

SJSU Union- Steak and Shake 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 17.6 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 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 DECA FORT DRUM 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR JAVIT GENERAL CONCESSIONS 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fond du Lac 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 500076700 ELON UNIVERSITY 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sills Farms, Inc. 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE F A Maggiore & Sons, LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE CALMEX CONTRACTING INC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Velvet Antler Ranch LLC 20 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 BandD Foods 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR AS JPI Service Center 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Touchpints at Farmington 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR U S Blades Sub LLC 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Florida Blue Jacksonville 900 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE M4436 Nev State Vet* 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE CW- Aldersgate- EVS 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arizona Veterans Home 20 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.