General medical and surgical hospitals · Hawaii

Kau Hospital

Pahala, HI · ~152 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kau Hospital runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade A.

Kau Hospital: 2.9 TCR = 39% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kau Hospital safety composite

Kau Hospital scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

−3.1

2016→2024

Kau Hospital injury rate improved

Kau Hospital's TCR fell 3.1 from 5.3 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.3 · 2017=1.9 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Pahala, HI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 2.9 · 39% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #5/19
  • PHOTO Bridge
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~152 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bridge (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kau Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kau Hospital averages 2.9 TCR (39% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).

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

Kau Hospital TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=1.9 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 7.5

Where Kau Hospital falls in its industry

6,862 General medical and surgical h establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Hawaii alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 19 General medical and surgical h employers in Hawaii.

Kau Hospital (152 employees, TCR 2.9) 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 02,0004,0006,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Kau Hospital
Kau Hospital (152 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Kau Hospital has fewer employees than the General medical and surgical hospitals median and a lower 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 2.2 1.3 5 0 0
2023 2.9 1.5 5 1 0
2022 1.3 0.7 2 0 0
2021 2.1 2.1 3 0 0
2020 4.2 1.7 5 0 0
2019 3.1 1.5 2 0 0
2017 1.9 1.9 0 1 0
2016 5.3 5.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · HI · Pahala

6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,022 rated employers in Hawaii with headcount on file · 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 Bridge 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Riverwood Healthcare Center - Hospital 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Great Plains of Republic County DBA Republic County Hospital 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northern Arizona Healthcare 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Odom - Aiea 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6962-SWY 0025 2944 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE 36L4 - EAN Holdings, LLC 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1703 MAUI 151 FTE
NAT-TCR Shasta Beverages, Inc Columbus 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Jamestown Coatings 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Cardinal Health Knoxville DC 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Lorig Construction Company 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE ConocoPhillips Alaska - Alpine 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store #25 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE NSK Corp. Liberty, Indiana 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE EC Company - Albany 152 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.