Food Service Contractors · Pennsylvania

Sodexo at Lehigh Valley Hsp-Muhlenberg

Bethlehem, PA · ~140 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sodexo at Lehigh Valley Hsp-Muhlenberg runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food Service Contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Sodexo at Lehigh Valley Hsp-Muhlenberg: 4.2 TCR = 140% of Food Service Contractors BLS 3.0 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sodexo at Lehigh Valley Hsp-Muhlenberg safety composite

Sodexo at Lehigh Valley Hsp-Muhlenberg scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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 4.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−7.9

2016→2022

Sodexo at Lehigh Valley Hsp-Muhlenberg injury rate improved

Sodexo at Lehigh Valley Hsp-Muhlenberg's TCR fell 7.9 from 7.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.9 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=8.4 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 140% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #256/463
  • PHOTO SODEXO AT EASTERN NE…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~140 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sodexo at Lehigh Valley Hsp-Muhlenberg in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sodexo at Lehigh Valley Hsp-Muhlenberg averages 4.2 TCR (140% 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 Valley Hsp-Muhlenberg TCR series: 2016=7.9 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=8.4 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.0

Where Sodexo at Lehigh Valley Hsp-Muhlenberg falls in its industry

6,952 Food Service Contractors establishments

Safer than 41% 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 #256 safest of 463 Food Service Contractors employers in Pennsylvania.

Sodexo at Lehigh Valley Hsp-Muhlenberg (140 employees, TCR 4.2) 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 Valley Hsp-Muhlenberg
Sodexo at Lehigh Valley Hsp-Muhlenberg (140 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Sodexo at Lehigh Valley Hsp-Muhlenberg 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 5.9 5.9 1 0 0
2019 2.9 0.0 2 0 0
2018 8.4 1.4 6 0 0
2017 4.3 0.0 3 0 0
2016 7.9 3.2 5 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 SODEXO AT EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT BROADCOM IRVINE FOOD 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT SACRAMENTO CONVENTION CENTER 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR M6257 Johnson City Medical Ctr 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE GMC Farm 3 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berks New Homes, LLC 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Myco Mechanical 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Excavators, Inc. 140 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 Sun Valley 43120 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Price Less Foods #44 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR California Field 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Wegmans Mt. Read 020 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE EMT International 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern Foods 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE 048 Texas Health Urgent Care 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABC INOAC Exterior Systems 140 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: 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.