Food Service Contractors · Pennsylvania

Sodexo at Muhlenberg College-Catering

Allentown, PA · ~38 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sodexo at Muhlenberg College-Catering runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food Service Contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Sodexo at Muhlenberg College-Catering: 3.8 TCR = 126% of Food Service Contractors BLS 3.0 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sodexo at Muhlenberg College-Catering safety composite

Sodexo at Muhlenberg College-Catering scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−18.9

2017→2021

Sodexo at Muhlenberg College-Catering injury rate improved

Sodexo at Muhlenberg College-Catering's TCR fell 18.9 from 18.9 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 18.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=18.9 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 3.8 · 126% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #227/463
  • PHOTO SODEXO AT COLORADO C…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT COLORADO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sodexo at Muhlenberg College-Catering in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sodexo at Muhlenberg College-Catering averages 3.8 TCR (126% 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 Muhlenberg College-Catering TCR series: 2017=18.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.0

Where Sodexo at Muhlenberg College-Catering falls in its industry

6,952 Food Service Contractors establishments

Safer than 46% 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 #227 safest of 463 Food Service Contractors employers in Pennsylvania.

Sodexo at Muhlenberg College-Catering (38 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 Muhlenberg College-Catering
Sodexo at Muhlenberg College-Catering (38 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Sodexo at Muhlenberg College-Catering has fewer 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 18.9 6.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · PA · Allentown

6,952 Food Service Contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 447 employers in Allentown, 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 COLORADO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR FAU Catering 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR UNCG Dining Ctr 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR BAPTIST-MEMPHIS 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kaolin Mushroom Farms - M&J Facility 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dairy 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc - Elizabethtown 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Risser's Poultry Handling Services, LLC 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lehigh Valley Hospital 9,463 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1200SCC 6,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- Main Campus 2,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR LOCATION 48042 1,728 FTE
NAT-TCR Detmar Logistics LLC 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Willow 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Imperial Blades 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR NGDS 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at General Mills-Main Loc Cafe 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Santa Cruz Valley Usd # 35 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1855-WIMIL70 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE EDP Concrete 38 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.