Colleges, universities, and professional schools · Nevada

Univeristy of Nevada, Reno

Reno, NV · ~7,263 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Univeristy of Nevada, Reno runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Colleges, universities, and professional schools workplace, earning a grade D.

Univeristy of Nevada, Reno: 1.9 TCR = 134% of Colleges, universities, and professional schools BLS 1.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Univeristy of Nevada, Reno safety composite

Univeristy of Nevada, Reno scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.0

2016→2021

Univeristy of Nevada, Reno injury rate improved

Univeristy of Nevada, Reno's TCR fell 2.0 from 3.1 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.1 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Reno, NV ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 1.9 · 134% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #11/12
  • PHOTO Grace Schools
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 451 inj
  • SIZE ~7,263 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Grace Schools (0.0 TCR gap)

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Univeristy of Nevada, Reno in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Univeristy of Nevada, Reno averages 1.9 TCR (134% of the Colleges, universities, and professional schools BLS benchmark).

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

Univeristy of Nevada, Reno TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=1.1 · BLS 1.4

Where Univeristy of Nevada, Reno falls in its industry

347 Colleges, universities, and pr establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nevada alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 12 Colleges, universities, and pr employers in Nevada.

Univeristy of Nevada, Reno (7,263 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Univeristy of Nevada, Reno
Univeristy of Nevada, Reno (7,263 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Univeristy of Nevada, Reno 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
2021 1.1 0.6 49 0 0
2020 1.1 0.4 47 3 0
2019 2.1 1.1 93 8 0
2018 1.9 0.9 86 3 0
2017 1.8 0.9 94 0 0
2016 3.1 1.1 82 36 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · NV · Reno

347 Colleges, universities, and professional schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,574 rated employers in Nevada with headcount on file · 611 employers in Reno, NV · 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 Grace Schools 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colby College 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR University of Puget Sound 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE NA-US-NV-Sparks-Electric Avenue 7,272 FTE
STATE-SIZE University of Nevada, Reno 7,096 FTE
STATE-SIZE NA-US-NV-Sparks-1-Electric Ave 7,992 FTE
STATE-SIZE University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8,018 FTE
CITY-NEAR Renown Regional Hospital 3,789 FTE
CITY-NEAR Renown Regional Medical Center 200 3,582 FTE
CITY-NEAR Caesars Entertainment Inc 2,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR Silver Legacy Resort Casino/Eldorado Hotel Casino/Circus Circus Reno 2,338 FTE
NAT-TCR Tower International 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Fresh Ideas Management- Hastings College 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ykk S & B 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Buckeye Power, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE UVA Medical Center 7,268 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eastman Kingsport Site 7,258 FTE
NAT-SIZE UNC Rex Healthcare 7,282 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hackensack University Medical 7,233 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: 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.