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University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NV · ~8,018 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
3
Fatalities
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The verdict

University of Nevada, Las Vegas runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Universities workplace, earning a grade C.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas: 1.6 TCR = 117% of Universities BLS 1.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

University of Nevada, Las Vegas safety composite

University of Nevada, Las Vegas scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 3

Safer than 0% 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

University of Nevada, Las Vegas: 1.5 → 2.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 2.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.43× in 2023

University of Nevada, Las Vegas's TCR rose 0.7 from 1.5 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Las Vegas, NV ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 1.6 · 117% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #10/12
  • PHOTO Northern Arizona Uni…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 660 inj
  • SIZE ~8,018 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Northern Arizona University (0.0 TCR gap)

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows University of Nevada, Las Vegas averages 1.6 TCR (117% of the Universities BLS benchmark).

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

University of Nevada, Las Vegas TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=2.2 · BLS 1.4

Where University of Nevada, Las Vegas falls in its industry

347 Universities establishments

Safer than 45% 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 #10 safest of 12 Universities employers in Nevada.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (8,018 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (8,018 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

University of Nevada, Las Vegas has more employees than the Universities 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
2023 2.2 0.7 113 1 3
2022 1.4 0.4 69 0 0
2021 1.3 0.6 66 0 0
2020 1.3 0.4 65 2 0
2019 1.8 0.9 98 2 0
2018 2.2 0.9 104 2 0
2017 1.4 0.7 75 0 0
2016 1.5 1.1 70 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · NV · Las Vegas

347 Universities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,574 rated employers in Nevada with headcount on file · 2,247 employers in Las Vegas, 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 Northern Arizona University 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR UC San Francisco 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR NYU Langone School of Medicine 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eastern Michigan University 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE NA-US-NV-Sparks-1-Electric Ave 7,992 FTE
STATE-SIZE Venetian Casino Resort, LLC 8,538 FTE
STATE-SIZE NA-US-NV-Sparks-Electric Avenue 7,272 FTE
STATE-SIZE Univeristy of Nevada, Reno 7,263 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wynn Las Vegas 12,830 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bellagio llc 6,383 FTE
CITY-NEAR CAESARS PALACE 6,301 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aria Hotel and Casino 6,206 FTE
NAT-TCR RAFS of Panama City, Inc 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Houston - Knight Rd 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 653 - Woodward Corner Market 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Speed Art Museum 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0001-Carolinas Medical Center 8,032 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston Methodist Hospital - Texas Medical Center 7,983 FTE
NAT-SIZE University of Maryland Medical Center 7,980 FTE
NAT-SIZE UW Medical Center Montlake 7,958 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: 2023, 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.