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

Taylor University

Upland, IN · ~118 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.7
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Taylor University runs at 323% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) workplace, earning a grade F.

Taylor University: 9.7 TCR = 323% of Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) BLS 3.0 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Taylor University safety composite

Taylor University scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−12.1

2016→2022

Taylor University injury rate improved

Taylor University's TCR fell 12.1 from 16.4 in 2016 to 4.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 16.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=16.4 · 2017=12.0 · 2018=9.7 · 2019=10.0 · 2020=8.7 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Upland, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.7 · 323% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #156/168
  • PHOTO Sky View Observatory
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 43 inj
  • SIZE ~118 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sky View Observatory (0.0 TCR gap)

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Taylor University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Taylor University averages 9.7 TCR (323% 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

Taylor University TCR series: 2016=16.4 · 2017=12 · 2018=9.7 · 2019=10 · 2020=8.7 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=4.3 · BLS 3.0

Where Taylor University falls in its industry

6,952 Cafeteria food services contra establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #156 safest of 168 Cafeteria food services contra employers in Indiana.

Taylor University (118 employees, TCR 9.7) 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 Taylor University
Taylor University (118 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Taylor University 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
2022 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2021 6.8 1.7 4 0 0
2020 8.7 4.3 2 2 0
2019 10.0 8.6 7 0 0
2018 9.7 2.8 7 0 0
2017 12.0 6.0 8 0 0
2016 16.4 7.0 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · IN · Upland

6,952 Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 4 employers in Upland, IN · 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 Sky View Observatory 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT DAIKIN GOODMAN MAIN CAFE 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR EB Barrington 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR ALTON MEMORIAL HOSP 9.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Indianapolis, IN HVAC 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thomas Plastic Machinery 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edsal Manufacturing Company Inc. 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prairie Farms Dairy - Holland 118 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Nursing Center 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR 7941-PDLLC-TAYLOR UNIVERSITY 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR TAYLOR UNIVERSITY** 54 FTE
NAT-TCR 5472-NAI-0032-0032-04516 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0005-0005-00581 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 437141-Providence Ri P&Dc 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 226120-Windham Po 9.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Guest House Nursing Home 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE LP Lexington Tanbark Road, LLC 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plews Distribution Center 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Y Foods, Inc. Simsbury 118 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, 2018, 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.