Research · Hawaii

UHH/HI Coop Studies Unit(HCSU)

Hilo, HI · ~31 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

UHH/HI Coop Studies Unit(HCSU) runs at 618% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Research workplace, earning a grade F.

UHH/HI Coop Studies Unit(HCSU): 3.1 TCR = 618% of Research BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

UHH/HI Coop Studies Unit(HCSU) safety composite

UHH/HI Coop Studies Unit(HCSU) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

UHH/HI Coop Studies Unit(HCSU): 4.3 → 4.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.6× in 2024

UHH/HI Coop Studies Unit(HCSU)'s TCR rose 0.6 from 4.3 in 2022 to 4.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Hilo, HI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.1 · 618% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #21/27
  • PHOTO Test Site 400 @ Jack…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Test Site 400 @ Jackass Flats (0.0 TCR gap)

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UHH/HI Coop Studies Unit(HCSU) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows UHH/HI Coop Studies Unit(HCSU) averages 3.1 TCR (618% of the Research BLS benchmark).

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

UHH/HI Coop Studies Unit(HCSU) TCR series: 2022=4.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 0.5

Where UHH/HI Coop Studies Unit(HCSU) falls in its industry

319 Research establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Hawaii alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 27 Research employers in Hawaii.

UHH/HI Coop Studies Unit(HCSU) (31 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate UHH/HI Coop Studies Unit(HCSU)
UHH/HI Coop Studies Unit(HCSU) (31 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

UHH/HI Coop Studies Unit(HCSU) has fewer employees than the Research median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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
2024 4.9 4.9 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · HI · Hilo

319 Research employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,022 rated employers in Hawaii with headcount on file · 88 employers in Hilo, HI · 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 Test Site 400 @ Jackass Flats 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beltsville Agricultural Research Center 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR UHM/CTAHR/PEPS 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR R&D 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Waikele Farms, Inc. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE 13797 NATIVE FARMS LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Power Services : OM - Hawaii, USA 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Refuse Division - Kailua Collection Yard 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hilo Medical Center 1,389 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hawaii Police Department 666 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2473 505 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2682 - Hawaii-Hilo 453 FTE
NAT-TCR Washington Penn - PPD 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR EMS - Highlands at River Road 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Argosy Casino Alton 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Utah Tile and Roofing Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE GVEC Home - Schertz 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Energy Center Pittsburgh 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE JBT Machining 31 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. 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.