Hospitals, general medical and surgical · Massachusetts

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center

Burlington, MA · ~4,493 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade C.

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center: 6.8 TCR = 90% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center safety composite

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center: 4.3 → 7.3 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 10.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.45× in 2021

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center's TCR rose 3.0 from 4.3 in 2016 to 7.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Burlington, MA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 6.8 · 90% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #62/87
  • PHOTO Longview - GSMC 155
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 1,076 inj
  • SIZE ~4,493 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Longview - GSMC 155 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lahey Hospital and Medical Center averages 6.8 TCR (90% 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

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=6.1 · 2020=10.7 · 2021=7.3 · BLS 7.5

Where Lahey Hospital and Medical Center falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #62 safest of 87 Hospitals, general medical and employers in Massachusetts.

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center (4,493 employees, TCR 6.8) 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 Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center (4,493 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Lahey Hospital and 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 7.3 3.0 238 10 0
2020 10.7 7.8 197 176 0
2018 6.1 2.4 221 0 0
2017 5.5 1.9 202 0 0
2016 4.3 1.3 218 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · MA · Burlington

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 89 employers in Burlington, 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 Longview - GSMC 155 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ottawa County Health Center 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Porter Adventist Hospital 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Good Samaritan 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Point32Health Quincy 4,440 FTE
STATE-SIZE MA-04 4,429 FTE
STATE-SIZE MA-02 4,429 FTE
STATE-SIZE MA-03 4,429 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burlington, MA 4,399 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lahey Medical Center 4,286 FTE
CITY-NEAR EMD Millipore Corporation - 400 Summit 838 FTE
CITY-NEAR EMD Millipore Corporation - NA Field Service 771 FTE
NAT-TCR Koury Corporation 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lincoln Fabrics 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR VenuWorks of Holland, LLC. 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Winchester Lodge Healthcare Center 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE OSI Staffing Inc. 4,494 FTE
NAT-SIZE 531 Northridge Distribution 4,487 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hii - Technical Solutions Division 4,475 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rahway, NJ Facility 4,475 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.