Food Service Contractors · California

Sodexo at Pepperdine Univ-Waves Cafe

Malibu, CA · ~79 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sodexo at Pepperdine Univ-Waves Cafe runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Food Service Contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Sodexo at Pepperdine Univ-Waves Cafe: 2.1 TCR = 71% of Food Service Contractors BLS 3.0 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sodexo at Pepperdine Univ-Waves Cafe safety composite

Sodexo at Pepperdine Univ-Waves Cafe scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

−8.5

2019→2022

Sodexo at Pepperdine Univ-Waves Cafe injury rate improved

Sodexo at Pepperdine Univ-Waves Cafe's TCR fell 8.5 from 8.5 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.5 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Malibu, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 71% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #119/586
  • PHOTO Pioneer College Cate…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 001/Mount Vernon Nazarene University (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sodexo at Pepperdine Univ-Waves Cafe in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sodexo at Pepperdine Univ-Waves Cafe averages 2.1 TCR (71% 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 Pepperdine Univ-Waves Cafe TCR series: 2019=8.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.0

Where Sodexo at Pepperdine Univ-Waves Cafe falls in its industry

6,952 Food Service Contractors establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #119 safest of 586 Food Service Contractors employers in California.

Sodexo at Pepperdine Univ-Waves Cafe (79 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 Pepperdine Univ-Waves Cafe
Sodexo at Pepperdine Univ-Waves Cafe (79 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Sodexo at Pepperdine Univ-Waves Cafe has more employees than the Food Service Contractors median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 8.5 3.4 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · CA · Malibu

6,952 Food Service Contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 28 employers in Malibu, CA · 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 Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 001/Mount Vernon Nazarene University 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT HUGH CHATHAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR GRACE HOSPITAL 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR FS-JANE PHILLIPS 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Crisalida Berry Farms, LLC 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE L E Cooke Co 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE MOBI'S 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | Maricopa 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 232 2,546 FTE
CITY-NEAR HRL Laboratories, LLC 524 FTE
CITY-NEAR SODEXO AT PEPPERDINE UNIV-BOARD 113 FTE
CITY-NEAR 10441 Malibu 103 FTE
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Css Carolinas Medical Center 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR KMD Hospitality Corp 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Desoto EPS Plant 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 4314 Columbus Container 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brownstown 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE CareGivers America LLC Sayre 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA Dalton GA 1811 S Hamilton 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atria Glen Ellyn 79 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.