Colleges, universities, and professional schools · Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburgh-Oakland

Pittsburgh, PA · ~13,208 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

University of Pittsburgh-Oakland runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Colleges, universities, and professional schools workplace, earning a grade B.

University of Pittsburgh-Oakland: 0.8 TCR = 60% of Colleges, universities, and professional schools BLS 1.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

University of Pittsburgh-Oakland safety composite

University of Pittsburgh-Oakland scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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

−0.6

2016→2021

University of Pittsburgh-Oakland injury rate improved

University of Pittsburgh-Oakland's TCR fell 0.6 from 1.1 in 2016 to 0.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.1 · 2017=1.0 · 2018=0.9 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Pittsburgh, PA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 0.8 · 60% of ind

  • DART 0.2 DART
  • RANK #4/12
  • PHOTO E1 Kokomo Campus
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 615 inj
  • SIZE ~13,208 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: E1 Kokomo Campus (0.0 TCR gap)

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University of Pittsburgh-Oakland in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows University of Pittsburgh-Oakland averages 0.8 TCR (60% 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

University of Pittsburgh-Oakland TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=1 · 2018=0.9 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0.5 · BLS 1.4

Where University of Pittsburgh-Oakland falls in its industry

347 Colleges, universities, and pr establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 12 Colleges, universities, and pr employers in Pennsylvania.

University of Pittsburgh-Oakland (13,208 employees, TCR 0.8) 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 05,00010,00015,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate University of Pittsburgh-Oakland
University of Pittsburgh-Oakland (13,208 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

University of Pittsburgh-Oakland has more employees than the Colleges, universities, and professional median and a lower 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 0.5 0.2 67 0 0
2020 0.6 0.2 70 1 0
2019 0.8 0.3 105 4 0
2018 0.9 0.3 117 3 0
2017 1.0 0.3 122 7 0
2016 1.1 0.3 134 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · PA · Pittsburgh

347 Colleges, universities, and professional schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,170 employers in Pittsburgh, PA · 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 E1 Kokomo Campus 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bellevue College 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minnesota West Community & Technical College Worthington 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Central College 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hospital of University of Pennsylvania 13,423 FTE
STATE-SIZE UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (PUH) 13,900 FTE
STATE-SIZE University of Pittsburgh- Oakland 14,135 FTE
STATE-SIZE United States Steel COrporation 15,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Pittsburgh 7,026 FTE
CITY-NEAR System One Corporate Pittsburgh 6,324 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh Physicians 4,568 FTE
CITY-NEAR ALLEGHENY CLINIC 4,447 FTE
NAT-TCR Audio-Technica U.S., Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR CARS Recon Inc Darlington 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Werner Enterprises/OMANE Terminal 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Horizon Tile & Carpet SE, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Division 50 University of Rochester 13,244 FTE
NAT-SIZE Genentech SSF 13,259 FTE
NAT-SIZE WFBMC - Winston Campus 13,298 FTE
NAT-SIZE University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 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.