General medical and surgical hospitals · Illinois

Mercy Hospital & Medical Center

Name: Mercy Hospital & Medical Center Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chicago, IL · ~1,742 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 6.8
Avg TCR: 7.5
Industry avg: 3
Fatalities

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The verdict

Mercy Hospital & Medical Center runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade C.

Mercy Hospital & Medical Center: 6.8 TCR = 91% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mercy Hospital & Medical Center safety composite

Mercy Hospital & Medical Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 40% 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).

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−0.6

2018→2020

Mercy Hospital & Medical Center injury rate improved

Mercy Hospital & Medical Center's TCR fell 0.6 from 7.0 in 2018 to 6.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.0 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=6.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 6.8 · 91% of ind

DART 2.1 DART
RANK #209/300
PHOTO Barnes-Jewish Hospital
BOOK 3y book
INJ 211 inj
SIZE ~1,742 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Barnes-Jewish Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.8
Barnes-Jewish

6.8
Baptist Health

6.8
Baptist Memori

6.8
MUSC Health Or

6.8

What this shows Mercy Hospital & Medical Center averages 6.8 TCR (91% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).

Mercy Hospital & Medical Center TCR series: 2018=7 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=6.4 · BLS 7.5

Where Mercy Hospital & Medical Center falls in its industry

6,862 General medical and surgical h establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #209 safest of 300 General medical and surgical h employers in Illinois.

Mercy Hospital & Medical Center (1,742 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Mercy Hospital & Medical 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
2020	6.4	2.1	56	16	1
2019	6.9	1.5	77	12	0
2018	7.0	1.2	78	13	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · IL · Chicago

6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Barnes-Jewish Hospital	SAINT LOUIS, MO	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Baptist Health Corbin	CORBIN, KY	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Baptist Memorial Hospital	BOONEVILLE, MS	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MUSC Health Orangeburg	ORANGEBURG, SC	6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	ADVOCATE CHILDRENS HOSPITALS	DOWNERS GROVE	1,734 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hamilton Sundstrand RKFD Plt 6, (Collins Aerospace)	ROCKFORD	1,753 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ROCKFORD AIR HUB (ILRKF)	ROCKFORD	1,729 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Brightstar, US	LIBERTYVILLE	1,755 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago Public Schools	Chicago	49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago/Corporate	Chicago	18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University Health Service UIC UIC Campus	Chicago	12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR	Global Mushroom LLC	Gilroy, CA	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sharp Rees-Stealy-OR	Chula Vista, CA	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Star Snacks 105	Jersey City, NJ	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bay Logistics-Spring Lake	Spring Lake, MI	6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Solar Turbines Kearny Mesa	San Diego, CA	1,742 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0579 - Wilton NY DC	Wilton, NY	1,743 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Amazon.com Services LLC - PNE5	Robbinsville, NJ	1,743 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Warner Bros. Television, a division of WB Studio Enterprises Inc.	Burbank, CA	1,741 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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