General medical and surgical hospitals · Minnesota
Cook Area Health Services - Bigfork Medical Site
BIGFORK, MN · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.8
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cook Area Health Services - Bigfork Medical Site runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate — far safer than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace — earning a grade A.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 7.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Cook Area Health Services - Bigfork Medical Site's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024).
Injury rate over time
Cook Area Health Services - Bigfork Medical Site's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 7.5 industry benchmark.
Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 622110.
Cook Area Health Services - Bigfork Medical Site has an average TCR of 1.8, which is 24% of the industry average (7.5) for General medical and surgical hospitals. This is significantly better than average.
Safety Insights for Cook Area Health Services - Bigfork Medical Site
Cook Area Health Services - Bigfork Medical Site operates an establishment with approximately 30 full-time equivalent workers in BIGFORK, MN, classified under the General medical and surgical hospitals industry (NAICS 622110). Across 2 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 1 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 1.8 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the A letter grade (Excellent Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 7.5 for General medical and surgical hospitals, Cook Area Health Services - Bigfork Medical Site's workforce experiences 24% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 2 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Cook Area Health Services - Bigfork Medical Site as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Cook Area Health Services - Bigfork Medical Site's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2018)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 54,800 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Cook Area Health Services - Bigfork Medical Site (this establishment) | 1.82 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Hospitals, general medical and surgical industry avg | 7.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 622110 |
| Minnesota state avg (all industries) | 5.18 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Cook Area Health Services - Bigfork Medical Site to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2018: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Cook Area Health Services - Bigfork Medical Site's reported OSHA injury record — strong versus its General medical and surgical hospitals peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 24% of the General medical and surgical hospitals benchmark, Cook Area Health Services - Bigfork Medical Site reports fewer injuries than typical peers — still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider General medical and surgical hospitals sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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