General medical and surgical hospitals · District of Columbia

Medstar Washington Hospital Center

Washington, DC · ~7,073 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
9.5
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
3
Fatalities
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The verdict

Medstar Washington Hospital Center runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade D.

Medstar Washington Hospital Center: 9.5 TCR = 126% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Medstar Washington Hospital Center safety composite

Medstar Washington Hospital Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 21% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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

11/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 3

Safer than 0% 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

2016→2024

Medstar Washington Hospital Center injury rate improved

Medstar Washington Hospital Center's TCR fell 1.8 from 10.1 in 2016 to 8.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 13.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.1 · 2020=13.4 · 2021=9.8 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=7.9 · 2024=8.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Washington, DC ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 9.5 · 126% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #11/11
  • PHOTO Riddle Hospital
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 2,931 inj
  • SIZE ~7,073 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Riddle Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)

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Medstar Washington Hospital Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Medstar Washington Hospital Center averages 9.5 TCR (126% 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

Medstar Washington Hospital Center TCR series: 2016=10.1 · 2020=13.4 · 2021=9.8 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=7.9 · 2024=8.3 · BLS 7.5

Where Medstar Washington Hospital Center falls in its industry

6,862 General medical and surgical h establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to District of Columbia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 11 General medical and surgical h employers in District of Columbia.

Medstar Washington Hospital Center (7,073 employees, TCR 9.5) 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Medstar Washington Hospital Center (7,073 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Medstar Washington Hospital Center has more employees than the General medical and surgical hospitals 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 8.3 3.5 513 1 0
2023 7.9 4.2 472 2 0
2022 7.3 3.8 430 0 0
2021 9.8 5.8 510 83 0
2020 13.4 9.7 457 339 3
2016 10.1 4.1 549 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · DC · Washington

6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 793 rated employers in District of Columbia with headcount on file · 748 employers in Washington, DC · 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 Riddle Hospital 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Newark Beth Israel Medical Center 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Little Company of Mary Medical Center 9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Children's National Medical Center 7,153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Medstar Georgetown University Hospital 4,771 FTE
STATE-SIZE Customs and Border Protection - Headquarters 3,601 FTE
STATE-SIZE DC Arena, LP 2,729 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sibley Memorial Hospital 2,578 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2576-13072000-13072 2,280 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2576-55 2,152 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2576-055 2,131 FTE
NAT-TCR City Heights FHC 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Governor's Green 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cook County Hospital District 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR D1 St Charles Yard 9.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE SPAR Field Services 7,072 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Shore University Hospitl 7,067 FTE
NAT-SIZE WA019 7,084 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hawthorne, CA 7,104 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, 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.