General medical and surgical hospitals · Massachusetts
Melrose Wakefield Hospital
Medford, MA · ~1,232 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Melrose Wakefield Hospital runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade A.
Melrose Wakefield Hospital: 3.5 TCR = 46% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Melrose Wakefield Hospital safety composite
Melrose Wakefield Hospital scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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).
59/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 3.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% 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
Melrose Wakefield Hospital: 3.3 → 4.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 4.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.54× in 2024
Melrose Wakefield Hospital's TCR rose 0.9 from 3.3 in 2022 to 4.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Medford, MA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade A · TCR 3.5 · 46% of ind
- DART 1.9 DART
- RANK #18/87
- PHOTO Willis-Knighton Medi…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 108 inj
- SIZE ~1,232 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Willis-Knighton Medical Center (0.0 TCR gap)
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Melrose Wakefield Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Melrose Wakefield Hospital
3.5 TCR
- Willis-Knighto
Willis-Knighton Medical Center
3.5 TCR
- Southwest Gene
Southwest General
3.5 TCR
- St. Luke's Cor
St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital- Cornwall
3.5 TCR
- Appleton Area
Appleton Area Health
3.5 TCR
What this shows Melrose Wakefield Hospital averages 3.5 TCR (46% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
Melrose Wakefield Hospital TCR series: 2022=3.3 · 2023=3 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 7.5
Where Melrose Wakefield Hospital falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 87 General medical and surgical h employers in Massachusetts.
Melrose Wakefield Hospital has more employees than the General medical and surgical hospitals median and a lower 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 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 42 | 4 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · MA · Medford
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 54 employers in Medford, 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 | Willis-Knighton Medical Center | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Southwest General | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital- Cornwall | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Appleton Area Health | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Waltham | 1,228 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMZL : DBO3 | 1,237 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MGM Springfield | 1,224 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Instrumentation Laboratory | 1,248 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lawrence Memorial Hospital | 584 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wegmans Medford 134 | 434 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bond Brothers, Inc. | 414 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | August A Busch | 316 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | RoadBuilders Machinery & Supply Co - Kansas City | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tri State Plumbing Heating & Air Conditioning Contractors Inc | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Peterson Auto Group-Nampa | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cattlemens 11 | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Altice USA - Bethpage | 1,232 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AdventHealth Gordon | 1,232 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Corporate Headquarters | 1,232 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Union Hospital of Cecil County | 1,231 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.