Children's hospitals, general · Ohio

Akron Children's Hospital

Akron, OH · ~6,060 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Akron Children's Hospital runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Children's hospitals, general workplace, earning a grade A.

Akron Children's Hospital: 1.9 TCR = 26% of Children's hospitals, general BLS 7.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Akron Children's Hospital safety composite

Akron Children's Hospital scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.68 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.6

2016→2022

Akron Children's Hospital injury rate improved

Akron Children's Hospital's TCR fell 0.6 from 2.2 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.2 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=1.8 · 2022=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Akron, OH AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 1.9 · 26% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #84/352
  • PHOTO Salem Township Hospi…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 455 inj
  • SIZE ~6,060 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Salem Township Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)

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Akron Children's Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Akron Children's Hospital averages 1.9 TCR (26% of the Children's hospitals, general BLS benchmark).

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

Akron Children's Hospital TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=1.8 · 2022=1.6 · BLS 7.5

Where Akron Children's Hospital falls in its industry

6,862 Children's hospitals, general establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #84 safest of 352 Children's hospitals, general employers in Ohio.

Akron Children's Hospital (6,060 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital (6,060 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Akron Children's Hospital has more employees than the Children's hospitals, general 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
2022 1.6 0.7 69 11 0
2019 1.8 0.7 89 1 0
2018 1.7 0.7 83 0 0
2017 2.5 0.9 117 2 0
2016 2.2 0.7 97 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · OH · Akron

6,862 Children's hospitals, general employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 512 employers in Akron, OH · 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 Salem Township Hospital 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ochsner LSU Health Saint Mary Medical Center 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Haywood County Community Hospital 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Smyth County Community Hospital 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Christ Hospital 5,815 FTE
STATE-SIZE Supply Chain Evendale OH 6,400 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marysville Auto Plant 5,559 FTE
STATE-SIZE Toledo Assembly Complex 5,508 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron 6,746 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summa Health - Akron City 4,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron General Medical Center 4,176 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron Campus 4,005 FTE
NAT-TCR 4368 Glendale AZ Container 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Parks and Recreation 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Daicel Safety Technologies America, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Phoenix Metal Fabricating Inc 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE CVG Field Sales 6,049 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edinburg Processing 6,073 FTE
NAT-SIZE Long Island Jewish Medical Ctr 6,080 FTE
NAT-SIZE Health Human Services Agency 6,080 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: 2022, 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.