Food Service Contractors · Illinois

Sodexo at Northern Illinois University a

Dekalb, IL · ~31 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sodexo at Northern Illinois University a runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food Service Contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Sodexo at Northern Illinois University a: 4.9 TCR = 162% of Food Service Contractors BLS 3.0 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sodexo at Northern Illinois University a safety composite

Sodexo at Northern Illinois University a scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

−14.0

2016→2023

Sodexo at Northern Illinois University a injury rate improved

Sodexo at Northern Illinois University a's TCR fell 14.0 from 14.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 20.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=14.0 · 2017=20.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Dekalb, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 162% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #220/364
  • PHOTO G&A
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: G&A (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sodexo at Northern Illinois University a in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sodexo at Northern Illinois University a averages 4.9 TCR (162% 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 Northern Illinois University a TCR series: 2016=14 · 2017=20 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.0

Where Sodexo at Northern Illinois University a falls in its industry

6,952 Food Service Contractors establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #220 safest of 364 Food Service Contractors employers in Illinois.

Sodexo at Northern Illinois University a (31 employees, TCR 4.9) 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 Northern Illinois University a
Sodexo at Northern Illinois University a (31 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Sodexo at Northern Illinois University a 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 20.0 20.0 1 0 0
2016 14.0 14.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · IL · Dekalb

6,952 Food Service Contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Dekalb, IL · 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 G&A 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR LOURDES UNIVERSITY** 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 400245800 UPPER DARBY SD 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT LEANDER ISD 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bear Creek Genetics, LLC. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Highland 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Maschhoffs, LLC - Pittsfield Office 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Beardstown 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - UDC-DeKalb 1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - DeKalb UDC 1,411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital 1,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 940 FTE
NAT-TCR Austin C/C in 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 0569 - Commerce Ca Bus Ctr 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Plaza at Voorhees 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Cherokee Station-105 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE James Elmwood Repair and Maintenance 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Poca 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Academy 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Recyclable LLC 31 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 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.