Food Service Contractors · Pennsylvania

Sodexo at Lehigh Univ Cafeteria

Bethlehem, PA · ~91 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sodexo at Lehigh Univ Cafeteria runs at 206% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food Service Contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Sodexo at Lehigh Univ Cafeteria: 6.2 TCR = 206% of Food Service Contractors BLS 3.0 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sodexo at Lehigh Univ Cafeteria safety composite

Sodexo at Lehigh Univ Cafeteria scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−0.6

2016→2024

Sodexo at Lehigh Univ Cafeteria injury rate improved

Sodexo at Lehigh Univ Cafeteria's TCR fell 0.6 from 0.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 15.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.6 · 2017=15.5 · 2018=15.6 · 2019=15.8 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Bethlehem, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 206% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #355/463
  • PHOTO Biola Cafe
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Biola Cafe (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sodexo at Lehigh Univ Cafeteria in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sodexo at Lehigh Univ Cafeteria averages 6.2 TCR (206% 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 Lehigh Univ Cafeteria TCR series: 2016=0.6 · 2017=15.5 · 2018=15.6 · 2019=15.8 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.0

Where Sodexo at Lehigh Univ Cafeteria falls in its industry

6,952 Food Service Contractors establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #355 safest of 463 Food Service Contractors employers in Pennsylvania.

Sodexo at Lehigh Univ Cafeteria (91 employees, TCR 6.2) 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 Lehigh Univ Cafeteria
Sodexo at Lehigh Univ Cafeteria (91 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Sodexo at Lehigh Univ Cafeteria 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.7 0.0 1 0 0
2022 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.3 0.0 2 0 0
2019 15.8 0.0 4 0 0
2018 15.6 3.9 4 0 0
2017 15.5 3.9 3 1 0
2016 0.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · PA · Bethlehem

6,952 Food Service Contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 358 employers in Bethlehem, PA · 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 Biola Cafe 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR WESTINGHOUSE-CW BLDG 1 (PITTS) 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Longwood at Oakmont 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR UWGB BOARD DINING 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sher-Rockee Mushroom Farms,LLC 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Norwood Company - Malvern PA 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alexander Building Construction 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grimm Construction, Inc. 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Hospital 5,338 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Physician's Group 3,041 FTE
CITY-NEAR LVH-Muhlenberg 2,139 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4087 2,105 FTE
NAT-TCR Industrial Metal Fabricators, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR IKEA #537 Jacksonville 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR OneTouchPoint - Tempe 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bushnell 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Emporia State University 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Chevron Hou 1500 Janitorial 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wellington Parc Health Systems 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE AHC Resource Center 91 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.