Food Service Contractors · Pennsylvania
Sodexo at Muhlenberg College
Allentown, PA · ~168 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.0
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sodexo at Muhlenberg College runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food Service Contractors workplace, earning a grade D.
Sodexo at Muhlenberg College: 3.6 TCR = 121% of Food Service Contractors BLS 3.0 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sodexo at Muhlenberg College safety composite
Sodexo at Muhlenberg College scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.64 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% 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 Muhlenberg College: 1.0 → 6.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.61× in 2024
Sodexo at Muhlenberg College's TCR rose 5.7 from 1.0 in 2016 to 6.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 722310 · Allentown, PA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 121% of ind
- DART 2.2 DART
- RANK #216/463
- PHOTO East Pennsboro School
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 18 inj
- SIZE ~168 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: East Pennsboro School (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sodexo at Muhlenberg College in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sodexo at Muhlenberg College
3.6 TCR
- East Pennsboro
East Pennsboro School
3.6 TCR
- TAMU Sbisa
TAMU Sbisa
3.6 TCR
- Comal ISD
Comal ISD
3.6 TCR
- Delta - ATL Ja
Delta - ATL Janitorial
3.6 TCR
What this shows Sodexo at Muhlenberg College averages 3.6 TCR (121% of the Food Service Contractors BLS benchmark).
Sodexo at Muhlenberg College TCR series: 2016=1 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=6.6 · 2021=1 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=6.7 · BLS 3.0
Where Sodexo at Muhlenberg College falls in its industry
6,952 Food Service Contractors establishmentsSafer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #216 safest of 463 Food Service Contractors employers in Pennsylvania.
Sodexo at Muhlenberg College 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 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.6 | 1.6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 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 | East Pennsboro School | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TAMU Sbisa | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Comal ISD | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Delta - ATL Janitorial | 3.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | UGI Utilities Bethlehem | 168 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | JC Orr & Sons Inc | 168 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HB Home Services | 168 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Noble Environmental Specialty Services | 168 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 | Golden Nugget Lake Charles | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dane Construction | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Morehead Wood Products | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | M&J Electric | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Palm Garden of Largo, LLC | 168 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Heritage Hall Leesburg | 168 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Heritage Hall Big Stone Gap | 168 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mubea Tailor Rolled Blanks | 168 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.