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

UC Lab Schools

Chicago, IL · ~21 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

UC Lab Schools runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) workplace, earning a grade B.

UC Lab Schools: 1.8 TCR = 60% of Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) BLS 3.0 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

UC Lab Schools safety composite

UC Lab Schools scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

UC Lab Schools held a steady TCR band

UC Lab Schools's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=7.2 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 60% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #84/364
  • PHOTO SODEXO AT GRACELAND …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT GRACELAND UNIVERSITY (0.0 TCR gap)

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UC Lab Schools in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows UC Lab Schools averages 1.8 TCR (60% 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

UC Lab Schools TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=7.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.0

Where UC Lab Schools falls in its industry

6,952 Cafeteria food services contra establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #84 safest of 364 Cafeteria food services contra employers in Illinois.

UC Lab Schools (21 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 UC Lab Schools
UC Lab Schools (21 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

UC Lab Schools has fewer employees than the Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 7.2 7.2 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · IL · Chicago

6,952 Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, IL · 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 GRACELAND UNIVERSITY 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT CMMC RUMFORD HOSPITAL FOOD 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pendergast El Sch 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR NJM Ins Gr W Trenton 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Frank W. Lewis & Son Seed FArms, Inc 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE RAVENS LIVESTOCK & FARMS INC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bushnell 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE 21st Century Sow Farm 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR San Antonio 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bayport Site 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Pensacola 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Clarence Williamsville 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Leon Valley 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hampton Inn & Suites Phoenix/Scottsdale 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mankato Packaging 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shelton Assisted Living, LLC 21 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, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.