General medical and surgical hospitals · Kentucky
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY · ~507 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 9.9
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade D.
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center: 9.9 TCR = 132% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center safety composite
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.04 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% 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
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center: 0.1 → 7.9 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 21.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.51× in 2024
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center's TCR rose 7.7 from 0.1 in 2020 to 7.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 21.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Prestonsburg, KY ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 9.9 · 132% of ind
- DART 5.0 DART
- RANK #128/141
- PHOTO Charlevoix Hospital
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 154 inj
- SIZE ~507 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Charlevoix Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)
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Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
9.9 TCR
- Charlevoix Hos
Charlevoix Hospital
9.9 TCR
- Vassar Brother
Vassar Brothers Medical Center
9.9 TCR
- Ray Hickey Hos
Ray Hickey Hospice House
9.9 TCR
- Alta Bates Sum
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (213-OK-008)
9.9 TCR
What this shows Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center averages 9.9 TCR (132% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center TCR series: 2020=0.1 · 2021=21.7 · 2022=9.4 · 2023=10.3 · 2024=7.9 · BLS 7.5
Where Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #128 safest of 141 General medical and surgical h employers in Kentucky.
Highlands ARH 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.9 | 5.0 | 20 | 16 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.3 | 2.4 | 40 | 8 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.4 | 1.2 | 38 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 21.7 | 13.1 | 31 | 65 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 25 | 32 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · KY · Prestonsburg
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 28 employers in Prestonsburg, KY · 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 | Charlevoix Hospital | 9.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vassar Brothers Medical Center | 9.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ray Hickey Hospice House | 9.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (213-OK-008) | 9.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Dry Ridge Facility | 508 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Heaven Hill Brands | 505 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | JM Smucker Company | 510 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Berry Global Group | 504 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | double kwik Prestonsburg 23 | 673 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | double kwik Prestonsburg 2057 | 673 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | TransStar KY Operations | 170 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Food City Store #471 | 151 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Parkside Post Acute Rehabilitation | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stampline | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ohio Living - Swan Creek | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 5640 - Minnetonka | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Empire Merchants, LLC - Astoria | 507 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GKN Automotive- Alamance | 507 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Macom Technology Solutions | 507 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mj's Labor Services Inc. | 507 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.