General medical and surgical hospitals · Pennsylvania
A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
Reading, PA · ~1,764 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 8.4
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade C.
A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center: 8.4 TCR = 112% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center safety composite
A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.43 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.82 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% 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
A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center: 7.9 → 8.9 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 8.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.22× in 2023
A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center's TCR rose 1.0 from 7.9 in 2022 to 8.9 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Reading, PA ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade C · TCR 8.4 · 112% of ind
- DART 1.8 DART
- RANK #228/262
- PHOTO East Avenue
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 176 inj
- SIZE ~1,764 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: East Avenue (0.0 TCR gap)
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A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
8.4 TCR
- East Avenue
East Avenue
8.4 TCR
- Franklin Count
Franklin County Medical Center
8.4 TCR
- Mayo Clinic He
Mayo Clinic Health System-Waseca
8.4 TCR
- Sharp Memorial
Sharp Memorial Hospital
8.4 TCR
What this shows A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center averages 8.4 TCR (112% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center TCR series: 2022=7.9 · 2023=8.9 · BLS 7.5
Where A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #228 safest of 262 General medical and surgical h employers in Pennsylvania.
A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center has more employees than the General medical and surgical hospitals median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.9 | 1.8 | 96 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.9 | 2.6 | 80 | 5 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · PA · Reading
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 303 employers in Reading, 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 | East Avenue | 8.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Franklin County Medical Center | 8.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mayo Clinic Health System-Waseca | 8.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sharp Memorial Hospital | 8.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Philadelphia Marshalls Distribution Center | 1,765 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | GCMC - MAIN CAMPUS | 1,763 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Robert Packer Hospital | 1,759 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Guthrie Medical Group | 1,750 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | READING HOSPITAL | 5,693 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SAO : Reading | 2,203 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - TEN1 | 1,261 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fidelity Technologies Corporation | 808 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | GP Services LLC | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Big Lots Store, #1962 Anaheim, CA | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pellet America Corporation Appleton | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Azusa Base - Bld: 0839 - 15 | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Legal Counsel Offices | 1,765 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ARDx Westbrook | 1,761 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CA-Santa Rosa | 1,767 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Piedmont Henry Hospital | 1,767 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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