Food Service Contractors · Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin Esker Dining

Whitewater, WI · ~45 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

University of Wisconsin Esker Dining runs at 237% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food Service Contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

University of Wisconsin Esker Dining: 7.1 TCR = 237% of Food Service Contractors BLS 3.0 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

University of Wisconsin Esker Dining safety composite

University of Wisconsin Esker Dining scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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%).

Rising injury rate

University of Wisconsin Esker Dining: 0.0 → 11.4 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 11.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

University of Wisconsin Esker Dining's TCR rose 11.4 from 0.0 in 2021 to 11.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Whitewater, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 237% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #92/122
  • PHOTO Adobe Systems SF
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Adobe Systems SF (0.0 TCR gap)

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University of Wisconsin Esker Dining in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows University of Wisconsin Esker Dining averages 7.1 TCR (237% 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 Wisconsin Esker Dining TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=11.9 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=11.4 · BLS 3.0

Where University of Wisconsin Esker Dining falls in its industry

6,952 Food Service Contractors establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #92 safest of 122 Food Service Contractors employers in Wisconsin.

University of Wisconsin Esker Dining (45 employees, TCR 7.1) 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 Wisconsin Esker Dining
University of Wisconsin Esker Dining (45 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

University of Wisconsin Esker Dining has more employees than the Food Service Contractors median and a higher 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 11.4 0.0 1 0 0
2023 5.1 0.0 1 0 0
2022 11.9 11.9 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · WI · Whitewater

6,952 Food Service Contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 33 employers in Whitewater, WI · 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 Adobe Systems SF 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sacred Heart Home-PH 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colgate Frank Dining 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Energy Zone Center 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Denmark Dairy LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plover #205 Farms 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Babcock, WI Receiving Station 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lavelle Industries Inc. Whitewater 249 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whitewater 246 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1274 233 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1274 230 FTE
NAT-TCR Peak Event Services - Newport 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pineland Farms Dairy Company 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 3409 Portsmouth 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 4118 - Sullivan Concrete Plant 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Archer Austin 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dash TLM Delivery LLC 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE PHILIPS (Spectranetics) 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE California Rice Center, Inc. 45 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.