Food Service Contractors · Iowa

University of Dubuque Dining Hall

Dubuque, IA · ~37 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

University of Dubuque Dining Hall runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Food Service Contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

University of Dubuque Dining Hall: 2.7 TCR = 91% of Food Service Contractors BLS 3.0 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

University of Dubuque Dining Hall safety composite

University of Dubuque Dining Hall scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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%).

University of Dubuque Dining Hall held a steady TCR band

University of Dubuque Dining Hall's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=0.0 · 2022=5.4 · 2023=5.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Dubuque, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 91% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #18/44
  • PHOTO M9485 Olive View Me
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: M9485 Olive View Me (0.0 TCR gap)

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University of Dubuque Dining Hall in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows University of Dubuque Dining Hall averages 2.7 TCR (91% of the Food Service Contractors BLS benchmark).

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

University of Dubuque Dining Hall TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=5.4 · 2023=5.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.0

Where University of Dubuque Dining Hall falls in its industry

6,952 Food Service Contractors establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 44 Food Service Contractors employers in Iowa.

University of Dubuque Dining Hall (37 employees, TCR 2.7) 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 University of Dubuque Dining Hall
University of Dubuque Dining Hall (37 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

University of Dubuque Dining Hall has fewer employees than the Food Service Contractors 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.6 5.6 1 0 0
2022 5.4 5.4 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · IA · Dubuque

6,952 Food Service Contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 217 employers in Dubuque, IA · 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 M9485 Olive View Me 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Logan Regional Medical Center - FNS 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1517 Collingswood SD 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rockwell City Warehouse 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sioux County Egg 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE OSI Gen Repair & Svc Wind Plt 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE BHE - Lawrence (KS009) 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Dubuque Works 2,518 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque-MHS-IA/NE 1,296 FTE
CITY-NEAR MercyOne Dubuque 1,285 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc 1,110 FTE
NAT-TCR District Medical Group, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Dimex 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ccal Re 2013, LLC 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 1068 Woodland 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Middle Georgia State University Cochran 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Falcon Electric inc 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hyatt House Redmond 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE LL&S 37 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, 2021. 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.