Food Service Contractors · District of Columbia
Sodexo at Howard University Blackburn
Washington, DC · ~294 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.0
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sodexo at Howard University Blackburn runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Food Service Contractors workplace, earning a grade A.
Sodexo at Howard University Blackburn: 1.5 TCR = 50% of Food Service Contractors BLS 3.0 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sodexo at Howard University Blackburn safety composite
Sodexo at Howard University Blackburn scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 83% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% 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 Howard University Blackburn: 0.7 → 1.7 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 2.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.12× in 2024
Sodexo at Howard University Blackburn's TCR rose 1.0 from 0.7 in 2022 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 722310 · Washington, DC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 50% of ind
- DART 1.7 DART
- RANK #32/87
- PHOTO SODEXO AT XAVIER UNI…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~294 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT XAVIER UNIVERSITY (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sodexo at Howard University Blackburn in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sodexo at Howard University Blackburn
1.5 TCR
- SODEXO AT XAVI
SODEXO AT XAVIER UNIVERSITY
1.5 TCR
- WSC SAFB Food
WSC SAFB Food Service DH #1320
1.5 TCR
- SODEXO AT SOUT
SODEXO AT SOUTHERN BAPTIST SEMINARY FACI
1.5 TCR
- UPS-NASC
UPS-NASC
1.5 TCR
What this shows Sodexo at Howard University Blackburn averages 1.5 TCR (50% of the Food Service Contractors BLS benchmark).
Sodexo at Howard University Blackburn TCR series: 2022=0.7 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.0
Where Sodexo at Howard University Blackburn falls in its industry
6,952 Food Service Contractors establishmentsSafer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to District of Columbia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 87 Food Service Contractors employers in District of Columbia.
Sodexo at Howard University Blackburn 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 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
722310 · DC · Washington
6,952 Food Service Contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 793 rated employers in District of Columbia with headcount on file · 748 employers in Washington, DC · 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 XAVIER UNIVERSITY | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WSC SAFB Food Service DH #1320 | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SODEXO AT SOUTHERN BAPTIST SEMINARY FACI | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | UPS-NASC | 1.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 3500 WESTERN BUS FACILITY | 295 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Western Bus Facility | 292 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mandarin Oriental, Washington DC | 290 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 289 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Children's National Medical Center | 7,153 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Medstar Washington Hospital Center | 7,073 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Medstar Georgetown University Hospital | 4,771 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Customs and Border Protection - Headquarters | 3,601 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 5305 - T05cos-Crad-Cos Co | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | City of Benson | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Forrest Solutions, Inc. | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | American Communications Construction, Inc. | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Clarinda Regional Health Center | 294 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. | 294 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Michigan Center | 294 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nelbud | 294 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.