General medical and surgical hospitals · Tennessee
Ballad Health-Unicoi County Hospital
Erwin, TN · ~73 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ballad Health-Unicoi County Hospital runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade A.
Ballad Health-Unicoi County Hospital: 3.5 TCR = 47% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ballad Health-Unicoi County Hospital safety composite
Ballad Health-Unicoi County Hospital scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 74% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.9 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% 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
Ballad Health-Unicoi County Hospital: 1.7 → 5.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 5.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.54× in 2024
Ballad Health-Unicoi County Hospital's TCR rose 4.0 from 1.7 in 2022 to 5.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Erwin, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 3.5 · 47% of ind
- DART 1.9 DART
- RANK #52/157
- PHOTO Randolph Memorial Ho…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~73 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Randolph Memorial Hospital District (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ballad Health-Unicoi County Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ballad Health-Unicoi County Hospital
3.5 TCR
- Randolph Memor
Randolph Memorial Hospital District
3.5 TCR
- OLG Lafayette
OLG Lafayette General Medical Center
3.5 TCR
- Union Genral H
Union Genral Hospital
3.5 TCR
- Russell J Ebei
Russell J Ebeid Childrens Hospital
3.5 TCR
What this shows Ballad Health-Unicoi County Hospital averages 3.5 TCR (47% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
Ballad Health-Unicoi County Hospital TCR series: 2022=1.7 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 7.5
Where Ballad Health-Unicoi County Hospital falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 157 General medical and surgical h employers in Tennessee.
Ballad Health-Unicoi County Hospital 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 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · TN · Erwin
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 24 employers in Erwin, TN · 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 | Randolph Memorial Hospital District | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | OLG Lafayette General Medical Center | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Union Genral Hospital | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Russell J Ebeid Childrens Hospital | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Kingsport Service Center | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Forcum Lannom Contractors, LLC | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | J&S Construction | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | construction | 73 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. | 722 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | TN-Tennessee, LLC. | 195 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | TN Tennessee, LLC | 193 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Erwin Health Care Center | 135 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Juneau Library System | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Perfection Group, Inc., Lexington | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Southerland Inc. Oregon | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Palmer Services LLC | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Sprinkmann Sons Corporation | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Farm and Fleet of Platteville | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | OG&E-Central District Office | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BERLIN | 73 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.