General medical and surgical hospitals · Missouri
Mercy Hospital South
Saint Louis, MO · ~2,916 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Mercy Hospital South runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade B.
Mercy Hospital South: 5.3 TCR = 70% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Mercy Hospital South safety composite
Mercy Hospital South scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% 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 South: 5.2 → 6.0 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 6.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.23× in 2024
Mercy Hospital South's TCR rose 0.8 from 5.2 in 2020 to 6.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Saint Louis, MO AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade B · TCR 5.3 · 70% of ind
- DART 1.2 DART
- RANK #64/115
- PHOTO Chester County Hospi…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 565 inj
- SIZE ~2,916 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Chester County Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)
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Mercy Hospital South in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Mercy Hospital South
5.3 TCR
- Chester County
Chester County Hospital
5.3 TCR
- Selby General
Selby General Hospital
5.3 TCR
- Newman Regiona
Newman Regional Health
5.3 TCR
- Medical City F
Medical City Frisco
5.3 TCR
What this shows Mercy Hospital South averages 5.3 TCR (70% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
Mercy Hospital South TCR series: 2020=5.2 · 2021=5 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=6 · BLS 7.5
Where Mercy Hospital South falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 48% 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 #64 safest of 115 General medical and surgical h employers in Missouri.
Mercy Hospital South 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 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 135 | 10 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 99 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 115 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 112 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.2 | 1.8 | 104 | 19 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · MO · Saint Louis
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 448 employers in Saint Louis, 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 | Chester County Hospital | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Selby General Hospital | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Newman Regional Health | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Medical City Frisco | 5.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Hospital Hill | 2,914 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mortgage Research Center | 2,903 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Saint Francis Medical Center | 2,822 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corp | 3,052 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MO002 | 12,691 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Barnes-Jewish Hospital | 9,005 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MERCY HOSPITAL ST LOUIS | 5,653 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Checkerboard Square | 3,464 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Miami Plant-Distribution center | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Discovery Bay | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 10180 Kentlands | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 10036 Gateway | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Stryker Instruments - 1941 | 2,914 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dsi Security Services Corporate | 2,918 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ball Hospital | 2,912 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : MKC6 | 2,912 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.