Hospitals, general medical and surgical · Michigan

Lakeland Hospital - Watervliet

Name: Lakeland Hospital - Watervliet Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Watervliet, MI · ~183 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 9.1
Avg TCR: 7.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lakeland Hospital - Watervliet runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade D.

Lakeland Hospital - Watervliet: 9.1 TCR = 122% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lakeland Hospital - Watervliet safety composite

Lakeland Hospital - Watervliet scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.02 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%).

TCR Δ

−12.3

2021→2022

Lakeland Hospital - Watervliet injury rate improved

Lakeland Hospital - Watervliet's TCR fell 12.3 from 15.3 in 2021 to 3.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 15.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=15.3 · 2022=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Watervliet, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 9.1 · 122% of ind

DART 3.0 DART
RANK #234/262
PHOTO Sharon Hospital
BOOK 2y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~183 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sharon Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)

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CHI St. Joseph

9.2
This site

9.1
Sharon Hospita

9.1
4701-740

9.1
2252-00000535

9.1

What this shows Lakeland Hospital - Watervliet averages 9.1 TCR (122% of the Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS benchmark).

Lakeland Hospital - Watervliet TCR series: 2021=15.3 · 2022=3 · BLS 7.5

Where Lakeland Hospital - Watervliet falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #234 safest of 262 Hospitals, general medical and employers in Michigan.

Lakeland Hospital - Watervliet (183 employees, TCR 9.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Lakeland Hospital - Watervliet has fewer 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
2022	3.0	3.0	4	0	0
2021	15.3	12.9	6	13	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · MI · Watervliet

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 5 employers in Watervliet, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Sharon Hospital	SHARON, CT	9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	4701-740	PHOENIX, AZ	9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2252-00000535	PORTLAND, OR	9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CHI St. Joseph Madison Hospital	MADISONVILLE, TX	9.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Walther Farms LLC	THREE RIVERS	183 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wyoming Manufacturing Facility - KNA	WYOMING	183 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lear Corporation - Farwell	FARWELL	183 FTE
STATE-SIZE	East Jordan Plastics Beaverton	BEAVERTON	183 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lane Automotive, Inc.	Watervliet	342 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lakeland Community Hospital Watervliet	Watervliet	223 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Best Way Disposal Inc., Watervliet	Watervliet	60 FTE
CITY-NEAR	orchard hill sanitary landfill	Watervliet	19 FTE
NAT-TCR	306465-North Platte Po	North Platte, NE	9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	084590-Naugatuck Po	Naugatuck, CT	9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	081156-Cheshire Po	Cheshire, CT	9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	247480-South Hadley Po	South Hadley, MA	9.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Cardone Plant 65	Arlington, TX	183 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Riverside Medical Education and Clinic	Newport News, VA	183 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. Vista Sorrento	San Diego, CA	183 FTE
NAT-SIZE	058454-Whittier Po	Whittier, CA	183 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: 2022, 2021. 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.