Hospitals, general medical and surgical · Maryland
Howard County General Hospital
Columbia, MD · ~1,952 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 5.8
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Howard County General Hospital runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade B.
Howard County General Hospital: 5.8 TCR = 77% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Howard County General Hospital safety composite
Howard County General Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 40% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.62 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% 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
Howard County General Hospital: 3.8 → 7.8 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 7.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.8× in 2024
Howard County General Hospital's TCR rose 3.9 from 3.8 in 2023 to 7.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Columbia, MD AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade B · TCR 5.8 · 77% of ind
- DART 4.6 DART
- RANK #46/70
- PHOTO Bear River Valley Ho…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 211 inj
- SIZE ~1,952 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bear River Valley Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)
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Howard County General Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Howard County General Hospital
5.8 TCR
- Bear River Val
Bear River Valley Hospital
5.8 TCR
- Grandview Hosp
Grandview Hosptial
5.8 TCR
- Texas Health D
Texas Health Denton
5.8 TCR
- MCLEOD HEALTH-
MCLEOD HEALTH-DILLON MEDICAL
5.8 TCR
What this shows Howard County General Hospital averages 5.8 TCR (77% of the Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS benchmark).
Howard County General Hospital TCR series: 2023=3.8 · 2024=7.8 · BLS 7.5
Where Howard County General Hospital falls in its industry
6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishmentsSafer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #46 safest of 70 Hospitals, general medical and employers in Maryland.
Howard County General Hospital 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.8 | 4.6 | 117 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 94 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · MD · Columbia
6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 179 employers in Columbia, MD · 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 | Bear River Valley Hospital | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Grandview Hosptial | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Texas Health Denton | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MCLEOD HEALTH-DILLON MEDICAL | 5.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Northwest Hospital Center | 1,970 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MDBAL19 ASCENSION SAINT AGNES HOSPITAL | 1,974 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 6458-HAGE | 1,921 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | UPMC Western Maryland | 1,984 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate HQ | 712 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NuVasive Clinical Services Monitoring, Inc | 621 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NuVasive Clinical Services Monitoring Inc - Columbia | 586 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CLMAMDHS - AT&T TECH SRVCS COMPANY INC | 526 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | The Westin, Downtown | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dhaliwal Labs North | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Layton UT DI | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hillsdale | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 011 SanDisk HQ | 1,952 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AEP Headquarters | 1,952 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | *Einstein Medical Center Montgomery | 1,951 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Round Rock 2 | 1,953 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.