Employer · Utah

Southern Utah Univ*

Cedar City, UT · ~42 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Utah Univ* runs at 199% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

Southern Utah Univ*: 6.0 TCR = 199% of industry BLS 3.0 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Utah Univ* safety composite

Southern Utah Univ* scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

Southern Utah Univ*: 0.0 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 14.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.98× in 2023

Southern Utah Univ*'s TCR rose 5.9 from 0.0 in 2018 to 5.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 14.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Cedar City, UT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 199% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #17/27
  • PHOTO Patrick AFB Dining
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Patrick AFB Dining (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Utah Univ* in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Utah Univ* averages 6.0 TCR (199% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Southern Utah Univ* TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=14.2 · 2020=9.1 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.9 · BLS 3.0

Where Southern Utah Univ* falls in its industry

6,952 industry establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Utah alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 27 industry employers in Utah.

Southern Utah Univ* (42 employees, TCR 6.0) 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Southern Utah Univ*
Southern Utah Univ* (42 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Southern Utah Univ* has fewer employees than the industry 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 5.9 5.9 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.6 6.6 1 0 0
2020 9.1 9.1 1 0 0
2019 14.2 4.7 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · UT · Cedar City

6,952 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,861 rated employers in Utah with headcount on file · 56 employers in Cedar City, UT · 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 Patrick AFB Dining 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT SAINT BARNABAS AMBULATORY CARE 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR U of NM- Mercado* 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4021-610635300 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mel Clark Inc. 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Destination Construction LLC 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE BMEI - Utah 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE FX Construction 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1438 554 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cedar City Hospital 479 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cedar City Office 428 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1438 425 FTE
NAT-TCR 510 - White Plains Branch 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR American Plastic Toys, Walled Lake Plant 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Coffeewood Correctional Center 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR RK-068-New Philadelphia ( RK-068 ) 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE NKU Univ Center* 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Muskegon Public Schl * 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ellijay (Jasper) Ga 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Park Film Office 42 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, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.