Food service contractors, cafeteria · Michigan

Spartan Dining

Grand Rapids, MI · ~32 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Spartan Dining runs at 236% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food service contractors, cafeteria workplace, earning a grade F.

Spartan Dining: 7.1 TCR = 236% of Food service contractors, cafeteria BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Spartan Dining safety composite

Spartan Dining scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

−14.2

2016→2017

Spartan Dining injury rate improved

Spartan Dining's TCR fell 14.2 from 14.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 14.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=14.2 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 236% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #178/210
  • PHOTO EAST LIVERPOOL, OH B…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EAST LIVERPOOL, OH BRANCH (0.0 TCR gap)

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Spartan Dining in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Spartan Dining averages 7.1 TCR (236% of the Food service contractors, cafeteria BLS benchmark).

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

Spartan Dining TCR series: 2016=14.2 · 2017=0 · BLS 3.0

Where Spartan Dining falls in its industry

6,952 Food service contractors, cafe establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #178 safest of 210 Food service contractors, cafe employers in Michigan.

Spartan Dining (32 employees, TCR 7.1) 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 Spartan Dining
Spartan Dining (32 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Spartan Dining has fewer employees than the Food service contractors, cafeteria 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
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 14.2 14.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · MI · Grand Rapids

6,952 Food service contractors, cafeteria employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, MI · 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 LIVERPOOL, OH BRANCH 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 400251800 - LUBBOCK ISD 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT MEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOOD 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT USMC-E MH 455 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE 6801_15743 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Black Soil Dairy 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berrybrook 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE East Tawas 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR Avante at Thomasville 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Harlingen (Txsbe) 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Watertown (Mawat) 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Spencer (Iaspe) 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Contour Construction 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spring hill Farm Dairy Inc 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rai Mx Ord 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0052 - Everett, Wa 32 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: 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.