General medical and surgical hospitals · Iowa
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
Storm Lake, IA · ~386 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 5.1
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade B.
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center: 5.1 TCR = 68% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center safety composite
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51%), 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).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 51% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.24 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% 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
−2.3
2016→2024
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center injury rate improved
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center's TCR fell 2.3 from 6.6 in 2016 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=6.6 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=9.5 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=4.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Storm Lake, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 5.1 · 68% of ind
- DART 1.2 DART
- RANK #92/160
- PHOTO AdventHealth Tampa
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 146 inj
- SIZE ~386 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: AdventHealth Tampa (0.0 TCR gap)
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Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
5.1 TCR
- AdventHealth T
AdventHealth Tampa
5.1 TCR
- Meriter McKee
Meriter McKee
5.1 TCR
- Samaritan Medi
Samaritan Medical Center
5.1 TCR
- Prowers Medica
Prowers Medical Center
5.1 TCR
What this shows Buena Vista Regional Medical Center averages 5.1 TCR (68% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center TCR series: 2016=6.6 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=9.5 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 7.5
Where Buena Vista Regional Medical Center falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #92 safest of 160 General medical and surgical h employers in Iowa.
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center 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 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.5 | 3.6 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.5 | 2.2 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.6 | 2.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · IA · Storm Lake
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 31 employers in Storm Lake, IA · 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 | AdventHealth Tampa | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Meriter McKee | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Samaritan Medical Center | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Prowers Medical Center | 5.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Progressive Processing, LLC | 386 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DMS Clinton | 386 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Harrah's Council Bluffs | 386 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Burke Marketing Corporation | 387 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Storm Lake Plant | 2,247 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Storm Lake Turkey Plant | 649 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1526 | 273 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1526 | 253 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Oklahoma City-6220 | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Petersen Inc. Pocatello | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CB Westbrook Branch | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | IHG Army Hotels - Fort Campbell (Holiday Inn Express) | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | East Neck Nursing & Rehabilitation Center | 386 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Aurora Flight Sciences Virginia | 386 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Baylor Research Institute | 386 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Corporate | 386 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.