General medical and surgical hospitals · North Carolina
Frye Regional Medical Center
Hickory, NC · ~1,363 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 5.9
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Frye Regional Medical Center runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade B.
Frye Regional Medical Center: 5.9 TCR = 79% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Frye Regional Medical Center safety composite
Frye Regional Medical Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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).
39/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.75 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Frye Regional Medical Center: 3.6 → 6.9 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 7.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.47× in 2023
Frye Regional Medical Center's TCR rose 3.3 from 3.6 in 2016 to 6.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade B · TCR 5.9 · 79% of ind
- DART 2.8 DART
- RANK #117/175
- PHOTO Carilion Rockbridge …
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 314 inj
- SIZE ~1,363 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital Co. 08 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Frye Regional Medical Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Frye Regional Medical Center
5.9 TCR
- Carilion Rockb
Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital Co. 08
5.9 TCR
- HCA Florida Br
HCA Florida Brandon Hospital
5.9 TCR
- Coffeyville Re
Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, Inc.
5.9 TCR
- Gouverneur Hos
Gouverneur Hospital
5.9 TCR
What this shows Frye Regional Medical Center averages 5.9 TCR (79% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
Frye Regional Medical Center TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2017=4.9 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=7.1 · 2021=7.7 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=6.9 · BLS 7.5
Where Frye Regional Medical Center falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #117 safest of 175 General medical and surgical h employers in North Carolina.
Frye Regional Medical Center 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.9 | 2.8 | 27 | 46 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.4 | 1.1 | 42 | 20 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.7 | 1.5 | 26 | 29 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.1 | 1.3 | 32 | 26 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 44 | 8 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.1 | 3.2 | 56 | 11 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 49 | 8 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 38 | 5 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · NC · Hickory
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 240 employers in Hickory, 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 | Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital Co. 08 | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | HCA Florida Brandon Hospital | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, Inc. | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gouverneur Hospital | 5.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Biogen Inc - RTP Drug Substance | 1,364 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ashley Furniture Industries Inc | 1,358 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Biogen Inc RTP Bio | 1,370 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corporate Offices | 1,356 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Catawba Valley Medical Center | 2,012 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Merchants Distributors LLC | 1,480 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center | 1,006 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hickory Cable Plant | 958 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | PR Chemical & Paper Supply | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at Beacon College Facilities | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lighthouse Vocational Services | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Porter Hospice | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | BCBSKS-Topeka Main | 1,363 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Emory Johns Creek Hospital -6325 EHC | 1,363 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mondelez Global South East - Sales | 1,363 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Finnmax LLC | 1,364 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.