General medical and surgical hospitals · Missouri
Mercy Hospital Jefferson
Festus, MO · ~1,380 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 3.6
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Mercy Hospital Jefferson runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade A.
Mercy Hospital Jefferson: 3.6 TCR = 48% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Mercy Hospital Jefferson safety composite
Mercy Hospital Jefferson scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).
65/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 64% 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
Mercy Hospital Jefferson: 4.0 → 5.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 5.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.32× in 2024
Mercy Hospital Jefferson's TCR rose 1.0 from 4.0 in 2018 to 5.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Festus, MO AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade A · TCR 3.6 · 48% of ind
- DART 1.1 DART
- RANK #26/115
- PHOTO Pontotoc Health Serv…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 261 inj
- SIZE ~1,380 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Pontotoc Health Services (0.0 TCR gap)
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Mercy Hospital Jefferson in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Mercy Hospital Jefferson
3.6 TCR
- Pontotoc Healt
Pontotoc Health Services
3.6 TCR
- Sanpete Valley
Sanpete Valley Hospital
3.6 TCR
- Morris Hospita
Morris Hospital
3.6 TCR
- MITCHELL COUNT
MITCHELL COUNTY HOSPITAL
3.6 TCR
What this shows Mercy Hospital Jefferson averages 3.6 TCR (48% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
Mercy Hospital Jefferson TCR series: 2018=4 · 2019=4 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 7.5
Where Mercy Hospital Jefferson falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 115 General medical and surgical h employers in Missouri.
Mercy Hospital Jefferson 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 | 5.1 | 1.1 | 49 | 8 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 24 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 46 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 45 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · MO · Festus
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 27 employers in Festus, MO · 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 | Pontotoc Health Services | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sanpete Valley Hospital | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Morris Hospital | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MITCHELL COUNTY HOSPITAL | 3.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Liberty Distribution | 1,389 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - MCI9 | 1,370 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | St. Joseph Medical Center | 1,347 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hannibal Regional Healthcare System | 1,347 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 69 | 510 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 69 | 427 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Community Treatment, Inc. | 191 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Good Earth Tools | 186 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Langdon | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 10347 Tempe | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Foodservice Knoxville - 0570 | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 1527 | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | CORPORATE INTEGRIS Health | 1,380 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | South Lake Hospital | 1,381 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AG | 1,379 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 2045-00008W | 1,381 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.