General medical and surgical hospitals · Minnesota
Appleton Area Health
Appleton, MN · ~160 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Appleton Area Health runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade A.
Appleton Area Health: 3.5 TCR = 46% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Appleton Area Health safety composite
Appleton Area Health scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 3.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% 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
−0.9
2016→2024
Appleton Area Health injury rate improved
Appleton Area Health's TCR fell 0.9 from 6.2 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=6.2 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=5.2 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=0.1 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=5.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Appleton, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 3.5 · 46% of ind
- DART 4.3 DART
- RANK #67/249
- PHOTO Willis-Knighton Medi…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 32 inj
- SIZE ~160 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Willis-Knighton Medical Center (0.0 TCR gap)
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Appleton Area Health in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Appleton Area Health
3.5 TCR
- Willis-Knighto
Willis-Knighton Medical Center
3.5 TCR
- Southwest Gene
Southwest General
3.5 TCR
- Melrose Wakefi
Melrose Wakefield Hospital
3.5 TCR
- St. Luke's Cor
St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital- Cornwall
3.5 TCR
What this shows Appleton Area Health averages 3.5 TCR (46% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
Appleton Area Health TCR series: 2016=6.2 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=5.2 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=0.1 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 7.5
Where Appleton Area Health falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #67 safest of 249 General medical and surgical h employers in Minnesota.
Appleton Area Health has fewer employees than the General medical and surgical hospitals 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 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · MN · Appleton
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 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 | Willis-Knighton Medical Center | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Southwest General | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Melrose Wakefield Hospital | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital- Cornwall | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | PW-Transportation Operations | 160 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Entegris-Bloomington | 160 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wilbert Plastic Services | 160 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Daikin Applied - Faribault North | 160 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Appleton/Milan Elementary | 55 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Warsaw Chemical Holdings LLC | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Thomas Steel Strip Corp. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Industrial Construction Specialists, LLC | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bayonet Point Office | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | USA Miami 3900 NW 25th St | 160 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Apostolic Christian Home | 160 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Norfolk Sheraton | 160 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Boyett Construction Inc. | 160 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.