Hospitals, general medical and surgical · Massachusetts

Lowell General Hospital

Lowell, MA · ~2,314 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lowell General Hospital runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade C.

Lowell General Hospital: 7.0 TCR = 93% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lowell General Hospital safety composite

Lowell General Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−1.8

2019→2024

Lowell General Hospital injury rate improved

Lowell General Hospital's TCR fell 1.8 from 8.4 in 2019 to 6.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.4 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=8.0 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=6.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 7.0 · 93% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #66/87
  • PHOTO Westerly Hospital
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 422 inj
  • SIZE ~2,314 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Westerly Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lowell General Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lowell General Hospital averages 7.0 TCR (93% 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

Lowell General Hospital TCR series: 2019=8.4 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=8 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=6.6 · BLS 7.5

Where Lowell General Hospital falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 25% 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 #66 safest of 87 Hospitals, general medical and employers in Massachusetts.

Lowell General Hospital (2,314 employees, TCR 7.0) 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 Lowell General Hospital
Lowell General Hospital (2,314 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Lowell 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 6.6 3.3 115 0 0
2023 6.4 3.6 100 1 0
2022 8.0 4.3 120 2 0
2021 5.7 3.0 86 2 0
2019 8.4 8.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · MA · Lowell

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 81 employers in Lowell, 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 Westerly Hospital 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Bellevue Hospital 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Winchester Medical Center 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR BWH - Baystate Wing Hospital 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Raytheon - Marlborough 2,332 FTE
STATE-SIZE Raytheon_Tewksbury_MA 2,348 FTE
STATE-SIZE Philips Healthcare 2,279 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pfizer, Inc. 2,276 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pathfinder 1,082 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lowell General Hospital Saints 741 FTE
CITY-NEAR Macom Technology Solutions 507 FTE
CITY-NEAR MA0148CN2 485 FTE
NAT-TCR Pincus Elevator Co., Inc. 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bearon Manufacturing LLC 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Tech Etch Litchfield 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Transport - 631 631SH 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Clark Construction Group LLC 2,313 FTE
NAT-SIZE San Antonio Regional Hospital 2,315 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ingalls Memorial Hospital 2,315 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flamingo Hotel and Casino Las Vegas 2,316 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.

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

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