General medical and surgical hospitals · Arkansas
Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith
Fort Smith, AR · ~970 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 6.6
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade C.
Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith: 6.6 TCR = 88% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith safety composite
Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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)
- F 6.62 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 67% 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
−5.8
2018→2024
Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith injury rate improved
Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith's TCR fell 5.8 from 11.7 in 2018 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=11.7 · 2019=7.0 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=5.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Fort Smith, AR AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 6.6 · 88% of ind
- DART 1.0 DART
- RANK #65/85
- PHOTO Williamson Hospital
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 466 inj
- SIZE ~970 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Williamson Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)
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Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith
6.6 TCR
- Williamson Hos
Williamson Hospital
6.6 TCR
- Lee's Summit M
Lee's Summit Medical Center
6.6 TCR
- Pioneer Medica
Pioneer Medical Center
6.6 TCR
- Memorial Hospi
Memorial Hospital - Burlington County
6.6 TCR
What this shows Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith averages 6.6 TCR (88% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith TCR series: 2018=11.7 · 2019=7 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 7.5
Where Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #65 safest of 85 General medical and surgical h employers in Arkansas.
Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.9 | 1.0 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 64 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.7 | 0.7 | 54 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 48 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 76 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11.7 | 3.1 | 123 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · AR · Fort Smith
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 249 employers in Fort Smith, AR · 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 | Williamson Hospital | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lee's Summit Medical Center | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pioneer Medical Center | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Memorial Hospital - Burlington County | 6.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | American Greetings Corporation | 977 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 6094 | 956 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fort Smith - 5713 RS Boreham Jr Street | 985 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Nucor-Yamato Steel Co, Inc. | 987 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH | 1,944 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Fort Smith | 1,298 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rheem Manufacturing Fort Smith | 888 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ArcBest 630 | 698 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Shippers Transport Express Oakland | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Diamond Plastics Corporation Casa Grande | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Clayton Wakarusa 996 | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | S04087 - WM of Oregon, Inc | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | EP St. Paul MN | 970 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NP Boulder LLC, dba Boulder Station Hotel & Casino | 970 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Corporate Staff Offices NAHQ | 970 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Loenbro, LLC | 970 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.