Food Service Contractors · Iowa

Sodexo at Buena Vista Univ-Dining Room

Name: Sodexo at Buena Vista Univ-Dining Room Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Storm Lake, IA · ~81 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.7
Avg TCR: 3.0
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sodexo at Buena Vista Univ-Dining Room runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food Service Contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Sodexo at Buena Vista Univ-Dining Room: 4.7 TCR = 156% of Food Service Contractors BLS 3.0 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sodexo at Buena Vista Univ-Dining Room safety composite

Sodexo at Buena Vista Univ-Dining Room scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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): D 4.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−5.6

2016→2021

Sodexo at Buena Vista Univ-Dining Room injury rate improved

Sodexo at Buena Vista Univ-Dining Room's TCR fell 5.6 from 6.9 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.9 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=4.0 · 2019=7.7 · 2021=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Storm Lake, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 156% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #29/44
PHOTO TOMBALL REGIONAL MED…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TOMBALL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.7
TOMBALL REGION

4.7
Duval County

4.7
SODEXO AT PLIM

4.7
7056-ENPHG-HIG

4.7

What this shows Sodexo at Buena Vista Univ-Dining Room averages 4.7 TCR (156% of the Food Service Contractors BLS benchmark).

Sodexo at Buena Vista Univ-Dining Room TCR series: 2016=6.9 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=4 · 2019=7.7 · 2021=1.3 · BLS 3.0

Where Sodexo at Buena Vista Univ-Dining Room falls in its industry

6,952 Food Service Contractors establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 44 Food Service Contractors employers in Iowa.

Sodexo at Buena Vista Univ-Dining Room (81 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Sodexo at Buena Vista Univ-Dining Room has more employees than the Food Service Contractors 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
2021	1.3	0.0	1
2019	7.7	0.0	2
2018	4.0	0.0	1
2017	3.6	3.6	1
2016	6.9	6.9	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · IA · Storm Lake

6,952 Food Service Contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 31 employers in Storm Lake, IA · 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	TOMBALL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TOMBALL, TX	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Duval County 13	JACKSONVILLE, FL	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SODEXO AT PLIMOTH PLANTATION - FAST FOOD	PLYMOUTH, MA	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	7056-ENPHG-HIGHMARK BLUE CROSS	PITTSBURGH, PA	4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Corteva Durant 1	DURANT	81 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ITC Midwest - Cedar Rapids	CEDAR RAPIDS	81 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ottumwa Generating Station	OTTUMWA	81 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Public Works Maintenance / Streets	CEDAR RAPIDS	81 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Storm Lake Plant	Storm Lake	2,247 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Storm Lake Turkey Plant	Storm Lake	649 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Buena Vista Regional Medical Center	Storm Lake	386 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1526	Storm Lake	273 FTE
NAT-TCR	Walnut Creek #406	Walnut Creek, CA	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	42211d - Plymouth	Plymouth, MI	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	44161i - Montgomery Pec	Montgomery, AL	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Team Ford	Las Vegas, NV	4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Sodexo at Hca-Gulf Coast Hosp - Panama C	Panama City, FL	81 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Blount - Kronenwetter	Mosinee, WI	81 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Des Plaines Reporting Center	Des Plaines, IL	81 FTE
NAT-SIZE	4818-MO04	Springfield, MO	81 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.