Food Service Contractors · Iowa

Sodexo at Drake University

Des Moines, IA · ~131 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sodexo at Drake University runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Food Service Contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Sodexo at Drake University: 3.1 TCR = 103% of Food Service Contractors BLS 3.0 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sodexo at Drake University safety composite

Sodexo at Drake University scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Sodexo at Drake University: 1.7 → 5.5 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 7.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Sodexo at Drake University's TCR rose 3.8 from 1.7 in 2016 to 5.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 103% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #21/44
  • PHOTO SODEXO AT BROADLAWN …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~131 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT BROADLAWN S MEDICAL CENTER (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sodexo at Drake University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sodexo at Drake University averages 3.1 TCR (103% of the Food Service Contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Sodexo at Drake University TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=5.5 · BLS 3.0

Where Sodexo at Drake University falls in its industry

6,952 Food Service Contractors establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 44 Food Service Contractors employers in Iowa.

Sodexo at Drake University (131 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 Sodexo at Drake University
Sodexo at Drake University (131 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Sodexo at Drake University has more employees than the Food Service Contractors median and a lower 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 5.5 0.0 2 0 0
2023 2.4 0.0 3 0 0
2022 1.9 0.5 4 0 0
2021 0.5 0.5 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.2 0.0 3 0 0
2018 7.2 3.6 4 0 0
2017 3.5 1.8 2 0 0
2016 1.7 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · IA · Des Moines

6,952 Food Service Contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 525 employers in Des Moines, IA · 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 BROADLAWN S MEDICAL CENTER 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR M7668 Roper Hospital 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Timbercrest Senior Living 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 500075800 AUSTIN COLLEGE 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Portzen 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Group C 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yokohama TWS 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trinity Rail Maintenance Services #4036 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Center 6,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines 4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR MercyOne Des Moines 3,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Methodist Hospital 3,495 FTE
NAT-TCR First Student - Middle Island, NY 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Main 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Select Specialty Hospital - Charleston, Inc 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Marshall 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Heritage Hall Rich Creek 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heritage Hall Grundy 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Select Specialty Hospital - Greensboro, Inc 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Grocer of LaSalle 131 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.