General medical and surgical hospitals · Kentucky

Baptist Health Lexington Hospital

Name: Baptist Health Lexington Hospital Workplace Safety Data
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Lexington, KY · ~2,418 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 6.1
Avg TCR: 7.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Baptist Health Lexington Hospital runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade C.

Baptist Health Lexington Hospital: 6.1 TCR = 81% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Baptist Health Lexington Hospital safety composite

Baptist Health Lexington Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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).

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

Baptist Health Lexington Hospital held a steady TCR band

Baptist Health Lexington Hospital's TCR held near 0.2 from 6.0 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.0 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Lexington, KY AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 6.1 · 81% of ind

DART 2.1 DART
RANK #73/141
PHOTO Saint Luke's South H…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 506 inj
SIZE ~2,418 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Saint Luke's South Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Baptist Health Lexington Hospital averages 6.1 TCR (81% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).

Baptist Health Lexington Hospital TCR series: 2016=6 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=5.8 · BLS 7.5

Where Baptist Health Lexington Hospital falls in its industry

6,862 General medical and surgical h establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #73 safest of 141 General medical and surgical h employers in Kentucky.

Baptist Health Lexington Hospital (2,418 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Baptist Health Lexington Hospital 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
2019	5.8	2.1	109	3
2018	6.1	2.8	135	1
2017	6.5	3.1	136	3
2016	6.0	3.3	126	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · KY · Lexington

6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 652 employers in Lexington, KY · 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	Saint Luke's South Hospital	OVERLAND PARK, KS	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	EAST OHIO HOSPITAL	MARTINS FERRY, OH	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TXAUS40 ASCENSION SETON MEDICAL CENTER AUSTIN	AUSTIN, TX	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DIALSA-FRMC1-DIALYSIS-SANDUSKY	SANDUSKY, OH	6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	PL Marketing	NEWPORT	2,398 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Davis H. Elliot Co., Inc.	LEXINGTON	2,349 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Jewish Hospital	LOUISVILLE	2,334 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Baptist Health Lexington	LEXINGTON	2,518 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Kentucky - Main Campus - Fayette County	Lexington	11,013 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UK Healthcare	Lexington	9,922 FTE
CITY-NEAR	YMCA of Central KY - Gatton Beaumont	Lexington	3,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR	YMCA of Central Ky - High Street	Lexington	3,895 FTE
NAT-TCR	Elegant Gardens Nursery Inc	Moorpark, CA	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	UMFS Richmond	Richmond, VA	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	IL900	South Elgin, IL	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Summer Ridge	Rockwall, TX	6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Support Service Campus	Scottsdale, AZ	2,419 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Santa Monica/UCLA Health	Los Angeles, CA	2,419 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NGSP-AZ23	Chandler, AZ	2,419 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ATLDGAPB	Atlanta, GA	2,420 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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