Hospitals, general medical and surgical · Texas

Houston Methodist Hospital (Medical Center)

Houston, TX · ~8,325 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.5
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Houston Methodist Hospital (Medical Center) runs at 246% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade F.

Houston Methodist Hospital (Medical Center): 18.5 TCR = 246% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Houston Methodist Hospital (Medical Center) safety composite

Houston Methodist Hospital (Medical Center) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 18.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.1

2020→2021

Houston Methodist Hospital (Medical Center) injury rate improved

Houston Methodist Hospital (Medical Center)'s TCR fell 8.1 from 22.5 in 2020 to 14.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 22.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=22.5 · 2021=14.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 18.5 · 246% of ind

  • DART 8.4 DART
  • RANK #519/520
  • PHOTO MN,Westbrook-Medical…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1,485 inj
  • SIZE ~8,325 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MN,Westbrook-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals (0.0 TCR gap)

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Houston Methodist Hospital (Medical Center) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Houston Methodist Hospital (Medical Center) averages 18.5 TCR (246% of the Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS benchmark).

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

Houston Methodist Hospital (Medical Center) TCR series: 2020=22.5 · 2021=14.4 · BLS 7.5

Where Houston Methodist Hospital (Medical Center) falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #519 safest of 520 Hospitals, general medical and employers in Texas.

Houston Methodist Hospital (Medical Center) (8,325 employees, TCR 18.5) 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Houston Methodist Hospital (Medical Center)
Houston Methodist Hospital (Medical Center) (8,325 employees, TCR 18.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Houston Methodist Hospital (Medical Center) has more employees than the Hospitals, general medical and surgical 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
2021 14.4 8.4 784 142 0
2020 22.5 17.0 701 731 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · TX · Houston

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 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 MN,Westbrook-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 18.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR NM Amb - Forest Lake 18.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Holy Family Medical Center 18.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lakeview Hospice Home - 9472 Loren Drive 18.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE 4701-238 8,351 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rexel USA, Inc 8,356 FTE
STATE-SIZE NA-US-TX-Austin-Giga Texas 8,621 FTE
STATE-SIZE Houston Methodist Hospital - Texas Medical Center 7,983 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR Hillsides Main Campus 18.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Stillwater Creek Skilled Nursing and Therapy 18.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bickford of Crystal Lake 18.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 10541 Drummond Rd 18.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE BMC - Baystate Medical Center 8,310 FTE
NAT-SIZE Seneca Foods Corporation- Ripon 8,349 FTE
NAT-SIZE NYH - Weill Cornell 8,300 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clemson University 8,237 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: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.