Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) · Alabama

Southern Foodservice Management, Inc.

Birmingham, AL · ~1,348 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Foodservice Management, Inc. runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) workplace, earning a grade D.

Southern Foodservice Management, Inc.: 5.0 TCR = 167% of Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) BLS 3.0 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Foodservice Management, Inc. safety composite

Southern Foodservice Management, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−3.3

2016→2024

Southern Foodservice Management, Inc. injury rate improved

Southern Foodservice Management, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.3 from 6.0 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.0 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=5.6 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=4.0 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Birmingham, AL ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 167% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #51/77
  • PHOTO SODEXO AT ST MARGARE…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 415 inj
  • SIZE ~1,348 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT ST MARGARETS DINING (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Foodservice Management, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Foodservice Management, Inc. averages 5.0 TCR (167% of the Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Southern Foodservice Management, Inc. TCR series: 2016=6 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=5.6 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=4 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.0

Where Southern Foodservice Management, Inc. falls in its industry

6,952 Cafeteria food services contra establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #51 safest of 77 Cafeteria food services contra employers in Alabama.

Southern Foodservice Management, Inc. (1,348 employees, TCR 5.0) 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Southern Foodservice Management, Inc.
Southern Foodservice Management, Inc. (1,348 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Southern Foodservice Management, Inc. has more employees than the Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g 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 2.8 2.8 38 2 0
2023 4.0 2.2 47 3 0
2022 3.9 1.8 34 0 0
2021 3.4 2.5 21 0 0
2020 5.6 2.3 36 1 0
2019 5.6 2.9 54 2 0
2018 7.2 3.8 67 4 0
2017 6.5 2.1 59 5 0
2016 6.0 2.3 59 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · AL · Birmingham

6,952 Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 840 employers in Birmingham, AL · 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 ST MARGARETS DINING 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR UWM DINING ROOM 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT PENDLETON SCHOOL DIST CAFE 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plainfield Public Sch* 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wellborn Cabinet 1,346 FTE
STATE-SIZE BFG3 Tuscaloosa Facility 1,340 FTE
STATE-SIZE SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER 1,357 FTE
STATE-SIZE P&S Transportation - Nationwide 1,335 FTE
CITY-NEAR USD 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR CLASSIC FOODS 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR BIRMINGHAM PACKERS 8,650 FTE
NAT-TCR Trystar Troy 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Woodwork 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Healthcare Linen Management 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Jack in the Box #7283 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lake Health West 1,348 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brunswick 1,348 FTE
NAT-SIZE Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc. 1,348 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnson Controls- Wichita Site 1,347 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.