Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction) · Massachusetts

HealthSouth New England Rehabiliation Hospital - Lowell

Lowell, MA · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.0
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HealthSouth New England Rehabiliation Hospital - Lowell runs at 369% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction) workplace, earning a grade F.

HealthSouth New England Rehabiliation Hospital - Lowell: 14.0 TCR = 369% of Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction) BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HealthSouth New England Rehabiliation Hospital - Lowell safety composite

HealthSouth New England Rehabiliation Hospital - Lowell scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−9.9

2017→2018

HealthSouth New England Rehabiliation Hospital - Lowell injury rate improved

HealthSouth New England Rehabiliation Hospital - Lowell's TCR fell 9.9 from 18.9 in 2017 to 9.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 18.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=18.9 · 2018=9.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622310 · Lowell, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.0 · 369% of ind

  • DART 6.1 DART
  • RANK #28/29
  • PHOTO 8598_19904
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 8598_19904 (0.1 TCR gap)

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HealthSouth New England Rehabiliation Hospital - Lowell in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HealthSouth New England Rehabiliation Hospital - Lowell averages 14.0 TCR (369% of the Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction) BLS benchmark).

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

HealthSouth New England Rehabiliation Hospital - Lowell TCR series: 2017=18.9 · 2018=9.1 · BLS 3.8

Where HealthSouth New England Rehabiliation Hospital - Lowell falls in its industry

1,390 Rehabilitation hospitals (exce establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 29 Rehabilitation hospitals (exce employers in Massachusetts.

HealthSouth New England Rehabiliation Hospital - Lowell (42 employees, TCR 14.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 160 employees and a TCR of 5.4 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate HealthSouth New England Rehabiliation Hospital - Lowell
HealthSouth New England Rehabiliation Hospital - Lowell (42 employees, TCR 14.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 160 employees and a TCR of 5.4

HealthSouth New England Rehabiliation Hospital - Lowell has fewer employees than the Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcohol median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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
2018 9.1 6.1 3 0 0
2017 18.9 18.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622310 · MA · Lowell

1,390 Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 81 employers in Lowell, MA · 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 8598_19904 14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Warm Springs Rehabilitation Hospital of Kyle 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Encompass Rehab Hospital 14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Spring Hill 13.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kendall 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Utilities Anawan Street 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lendlease Boston 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mass Cabinets Inc. 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lowell General Hospital 2,314 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pathfinder 1,082 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lowell General Hospital Saints 741 FTE
CITY-NEAR Macom Technology Solutions 507 FTE
NAT-TCR Pioneer Forge Division of Powers and Sons LLC 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Northeast Spray Insulation #352 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR McCallie 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR EGV Public Works Dept. 14.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Milton District Office 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE PTR 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crestview Local Office 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tech Blvd. 42 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.