General Medical and Surgical Hospitals · North Carolina

Duke Regional Hospital

Durham, NC · ~2,209 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
8.9
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Duke Regional Hospital runs at 119% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General Medical and Surgical Hospitals workplace, earning a grade C.

Duke Regional Hospital: 8.9 TCR = 119% of General Medical and Surgical Hospitals BLS 7.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Duke Regional Hospital safety composite

Duke Regional Hospital scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).

F

7/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Duke Regional Hospital: 6.9 → 12.3 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 13.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.86× in 2024

Duke Regional Hospital's TCR rose 5.3 from 6.9 in 2016 to 12.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 13.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Durham, NC ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 8.9 · 119% of ind

  • DART 7.7 DART
  • RANK #164/175
  • PHOTO 1855-WIMIL94
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 863 inj
  • SIZE ~2,209 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1855-WIMIL94 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Duke Regional Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Duke Regional Hospital averages 8.9 TCR (119% of the General Medical and Surgical Hospitals BLS benchmark).

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

Duke Regional Hospital TCR series: 2016=6.9 · 2017=6.1 · 2018=6.9 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=10.4 · 2022=13.4 · 2023=10.3 · 2024=12.3 · BLS 7.5

Where Duke Regional Hospital falls in its industry

6,862 General Medical and Surgical H establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #164 safest of 175 General Medical and Surgical H employers in North Carolina.

Duke Regional Hospital (2,209 employees, TCR 8.9) 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 Duke Regional Hospital
Duke Regional Hospital (2,209 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Duke Regional Hospital 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 12.3 7.7 133 104 0
2023 10.3 7.6 89 97 0
2022 13.4 10.4 91 146 0
2021 10.4 7.5 101 90 0
2020 9.3 6.5 85 76 1
2019 4.8 2.5 79 1 0
2018 6.9 2.9 103 3 0
2017 6.1 2.5 86 3 0
2016 6.9 3.5 96 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · NC · Durham

6,862 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, NC · 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 1855-WIMIL94 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR S0487 ST. FRANCIS - BRADLEY CENTER 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR VCMC/IPU/AmbulatoryCare 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hannibal Regional Healthcare System 8.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wilkesboro Fresh Plant 2,164 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4795-PD-CLT-CHARLOTTE-CLT-PDMT 2,256 FTE
STATE-SIZE Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company - Fayetteville 2,118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charlotte 2,300 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0672 Dublin 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Dempsey Uniform and Linen Supply Inc Sunbury 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Dalex Construction Inc 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Littleton, CO Store 8.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Board of Education 2,209 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pse&G Nj Electric Distribution 2,209 FTE
NAT-SIZE TMC Transportation - Corporate 2,208 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - HOU6 2,210 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.