Hospitals, general medical and surgical · Virginia

Lewis Gale Medical Center

Salem, VA · ~1,159 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
11.4
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lewis Gale Medical Center runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade D.

Lewis Gale Medical Center: 11.4 TCR = 153% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lewis Gale Medical Center safety composite

Lewis Gale Medical Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−1.5

2019→2024

Lewis Gale Medical Center injury rate improved

Lewis Gale Medical Center's TCR fell 1.5 from 8.2 in 2019 to 6.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 24.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.2 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=15.2 · 2023=24.2 · 2024=6.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Salem, VA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 11.4 · 153% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #128/129
  • PHOTO 2643-14270001-142701
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 467 inj
  • SIZE ~1,159 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2643-14270001-142701 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lewis Gale Medical Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lewis Gale Medical Center averages 11.4 TCR (153% 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

Lewis Gale Medical Center TCR series: 2019=8.2 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=15.2 · 2023=24.2 · 2024=6.8 · BLS 7.5

Where Lewis Gale Medical Center falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #128 safest of 129 Hospitals, general medical and employers in Virginia.

Lewis Gale Medical Center (1,159 employees, TCR 11.4) 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 Lewis Gale Medical Center
Lewis Gale Medical Center (1,159 employees, TCR 11.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Lewis Gale 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
2024 6.8 2.1 82 2 0
2023 24.2 7.0 170 113 0
2022 15.2 8.3 95 69 0
2021 2.8 1.1 30 1 0
2019 8.2 2.4 90 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · VA · Salem

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 134 employers in Salem, VA · 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 2643-14270001-142701 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6164-ST VINCENT'S 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Newton Medical Center 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital 11.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE BAE Norfolk Ship Repair 1,153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Inova Fair Oaks Hospital 1,153 FTE
STATE-SIZE OKTNVAEA 1,151 FTE
STATE-SIZE EMCOR Government Services 1,167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carter Machinery Company, Inc. 2,763 FTE
CITY-NEAR Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia, LLC 770 FTE
CITY-NEAR LewisGale Medical Center 690 FTE
CITY-NEAR Yokohama Tire Manufacturing VA 654 FTE
NAT-TCR Premier Fence LLC 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sea Pines 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sil-Kemp, Inc 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sierra Valley Painting Inc 11.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Columbia Memorial Physical Therapy - Greene 1,159 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbia Memorial Pediatrics - Valatie 1,159 FTE
NAT-SIZE Catskill Rapid Care 1,159 FTE
NAT-SIZE CMH Tannersville Family Care 1,159 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.