Colleges, universities, and professional schools · Massachusetts

Suffolk University

Name: Suffolk University Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Boston, MA · ~1,590 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 1.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Suffolk University runs at 119% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Colleges, universities, and professional schools workplace, earning a grade C.

Suffolk University: 1.7 TCR = 119% of Colleges, universities, and professional schools BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Suffolk University safety composite

Suffolk University scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 1.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers
DART rate: F 0.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Suffolk University: 1.1 → 2.2 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 2.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.49× in 2019

Suffolk University's TCR rose 1.1 from 1.1 in 2018 to 2.2 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Boston, MA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 1.7 · 119% of ind

DART 0.8 DART
RANK P44
PHOTO UC Irvine
BOOK 2y book
INJ 14 inj
SIZE ~1,590 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UC Irvine (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.7
UC Irvine

1.7
UC Davis

1.7
University Cor

1.7
St. Olaf Colle

1.7

What this shows Suffolk University averages 1.7 TCR (119% of the Colleges, universities, and professional schools BLS benchmark).

Suffolk University TCR series: 2018=1.1 · 2019=2.2 · BLS 1.4

Where Suffolk University falls in its industry

347 Colleges, universities, and pr establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Suffolk University (1,590 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Suffolk University has more employees than the Colleges, universities, and professional median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2019	2.2	0.8	8	3	0
2018	1.1	0.9	6	4	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · MA · Boston

347 Colleges, universities, and professional schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 577 employers in Boston, MA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	UC Irvine	IRVINE, CA	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	UC Davis	DAVIS, CA	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	University Corporation at Monterey Bay	SEASIDE, CA	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	St. Olaf College	NORTHFIELD, MN	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Saint Anne's Hospital	FALL RIVER	1,586 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ZOLL Medical	CHELMSFORD	1,585 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	BROCKTON	1,595 FTE
STATE-SIZE	247822-SPRINGFIELD NDC	SPRINGFIELD	1,582 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston	26,855 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	19,183 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Brigham and Womens Hospital	Boston	19,004 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Brigham & Women's Hospital	Boston	18,260 FTE
NAT-TCR	Mayfield - Morristown	Morristown, TN	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Salt Creek Elementary School	Elk Grove Village, IL	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Apex Generating Station	Las Vegas, NV	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hazelwood Center	Louisville, KY	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Fiat Chrysler Automobiles- Indiana Transmission Plant 1	Kokomo, IN	1,590 FTE
NAT-SIZE	HES San Antonio Field Camp	Elmendorf, TX	1,591 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bayfront Health St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, FL	1,589 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Arthrex Manufacturing Inc. East	Ave Maria, FL	1,589 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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