Children's hospitals, general · Pennsylvania

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA · ~3,073 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Children's hospitals, general workplace, earning a grade B.

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC: 3.9 TCR = 52% of Children's hospitals, general BLS 7.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC safety composite

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−1.5

2016→2017

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC injury rate improved

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC's TCR fell 1.5 from 4.6 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.6 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.6 · 2017=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Pittsburgh, PA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 3.9 · 52% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #83/262
  • PHOTO Parma Medical Center
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 191 inj
  • SIZE ~3,073 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Parma Medical Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC averages 3.9 TCR (52% of the Children's hospitals, general BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=3.1 · BLS 7.5

Where Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC falls in its industry

6,862 Children's hospitals, general establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #83 safest of 262 Children's hospitals, general employers in Pennsylvania.

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC (3,073 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 02,0004,0006,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC (3,073 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC has more employees than the Children's hospitals, general 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
2017 3.1 0.9 79 0 0
2016 4.6 0.9 112 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · PA · Pittsburgh

6,862 Children's hospitals, general employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,170 employers in Pittsburgh, PA · 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 Parma Medical Center 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Franciscan Health Mooresville 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Avera Granite Falls Health Center 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PR Leasing, Med Specialists (8961) 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pennsylvania Hospital 3,072 FTE
STATE-SIZE St. Luke's Physician's Group 3,041 FTE
STATE-SIZE ISS Facility Services, Northeast Division 3,038 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pyramid Healthcare Inc 3,019 FTE
CITY-NEAR United States Steel COrporation 15,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh- Oakland 14,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (PUH) 13,900 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh-Oakland 13,208 FTE
NAT-TCR Woodward Printing Services/GIL Shopping News 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR SS - Liverpool CSC 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Oak Creek (Wiocr) 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Black River (Nybla) 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shambaugh & Son LP 3,072 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flatiron Health, Inc 3,071 FTE
NAT-SIZE Evanston Hospital 3,075 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bristol Myers Squibb - Summit West Cell Therapy Manufacturing 3,075 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.