Hospitals, general medical and surgical · Iowa

14350001-143501 Mercyone Newton Medical Center

Name: 14350001-143501 Mercyone Newton Medical Center Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Newton, IA · ~153 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 5.0
Avg TCR: 7.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

14350001-143501 Mercyone Newton Medical Center runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade B.

14350001-143501 Mercyone Newton Medical Center: 5.0 TCR = 67% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

14350001-143501 Mercyone Newton Medical Center safety composite

14350001-143501 Mercyone Newton Medical Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

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Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

Rising injury rate

14350001-143501 Mercyone Newton Medical Center: 2.6 → 7.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 7.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.13× in 2024

14350001-143501 Mercyone Newton Medical Center's TCR rose 4.8 from 2.6 in 2023 to 7.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Newton, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 5.0 · 67% of ind

DART 0.7 DART
RANK #88/160
PHOTO 700 Cooper
BOOK 2y book
INJ 13 inj
SIZE ~153 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 700 Cooper (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows 14350001-143501 Mercyone Newton Medical Center averages 5.0 TCR (67% of the Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS benchmark).

14350001-143501 Mercyone Newton Medical Center TCR series: 2023=2.6 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 7.5

Where 14350001-143501 Mercyone Newton Medical Center falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #88 safest of 160 Hospitals, general medical and employers in Iowa.

14350001-143501 Mercyone Newton Medical Center (153 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

14350001-143501 Mercyone Newton Medical Center has fewer employees than the Hospitals, general medical and surgical median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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	7.4	0.7	11	0	0
2023	2.6	1.3	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · IA · Newton

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 55 employers in Newton, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	700 Cooper	SAGINAW, MI	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	299 THE HOSPITALS OF PROVIDENCE TRANSMOUNTAI	EL PASO, TX	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Northeast Georgia Medical Center Barrow	WINDER, GA	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER	BOSTON, MA	5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Mom's Meals Grinnell Kitchen	GRINNELL	153 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ORBIS Monticello	MONTICELLO	153 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sabre Towers and Poles/Sabre Communications	SIOUX CITY	153 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Genesis Systems Group	DAVENPORT	153 FTE
CITY-NEAR	TPI Composites LLC IA	Newton	925 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Newton Correctional Facility	Newton	863 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Progress Industries	Newton	239 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 748	Newton	229 FTE
NAT-TCR	American Mussel Harvesters Inc	North Kingstown, RI	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Prl Industries, Inc	Lebanon, PA	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Leander Construction Inc.	Canton, IL	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Creekside at Elfindale	Springfield, MO	5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Charlottesville - Police	Charlottesville, VA	153 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Alpha Zulu Logistics	Lafayette, CO	153 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Phelps Industries LLC	Rockford, IL	153 FTE
NAT-SIZE	La Vista Embassy Suites	La Vista, NE	153 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.