General medical and surgical hospitals · Louisiana
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA · ~339 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 2.7
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade A.
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital: 2.7 TCR = 36% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital safety composite
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 91% 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).
78/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 83% of industry peers
- DART rate
- A 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 91% 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
−3.7
2019→2024
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital injury rate improved
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital's TCR fell 3.7 from 3.7 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=3.7 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=4.8 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Lake Charles, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 2.7 · 36% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #28/100
- PHOTO Edgerton Hospital
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 35 inj
- SIZE ~339 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Edgerton Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)
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CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
2.7 TCR
- Edgerton Hospi
Edgerton Hospital
2.7 TCR
- Lindsay Munici
Lindsay Municipal Hospital
2.7 TCR
- Rio Grande Hos
Rio Grande Hospital
2.7 TCR
- Atlanta - St.
Atlanta - St. Michael 153
2.7 TCR
What this shows CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital averages 2.7 TCR (36% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital TCR series: 2019=3.7 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=4.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 7.5
Where CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 100 General medical and surgical h employers in Louisiana.
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · LA · Lake Charles
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 197 employers in Lake Charles, LA · 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 | Edgerton Hospital | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lindsay Municipal Hospital | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rio Grande Hospital | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Atlanta - St. Michael 153 | 2.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Performance Contractors, Inc. - Baton Rouge Office | 339 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bernhard MCC, LLC - Louisiana | 339 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SNF Flopam | 339 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | UTLX Manufacturing LLC | 338 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Golden Nugget Lake Charles | 2,182 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lauberge Casino Resort | 1,973 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Westlake Chemical Sout | 1,063 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Westlake Chemical South | 1,054 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Exotech, Inc. | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Subzero Engineering | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HNL | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Vishay Dale Plant 6 | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Resource Property Management, Inc. | 339 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Markham Contracting | 339 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Linbeck | 339 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ascend Decatur Site | 339 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.