Hospitals, general medical and surgical · Iowa
Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines
Des Moines, IA · ~4,884 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 6.1
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade C.
Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines: 6.1 TCR = 81% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines safety composite
Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.06 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% 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 Medical Center - Des Moines: 4.3 → 6.4 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 7.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.26× in 2018
Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines's TCR rose 2.1 from 4.3 in 2016 to 6.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade C · TCR 6.1 · 81% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #121/160
- PHOTO County Jails #1, #2 …
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 593 inj
- SIZE ~4,884 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: County Jails #1, #2 & #9 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines
6.1 TCR
- County Jails #
County Jails #1, #2 & #9
6.1 TCR
- TriStar Ashlan
TriStar Ashland City Medical Center
6.1 TCR
- Sentara Virgin
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital
6 TCR
- OCONEE MEDICAL
OCONEE MEDICAL CAMPUS
6 TCR
What this shows Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines averages 6.1 TCR (81% of the Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS benchmark).
Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=7.4 · 2018=6.4 · BLS 7.5
Where Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines falls in its industry
6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishmentsSafer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #121 safest of 160 Hospitals, general medical and employers in Iowa.
Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines has more employees than the Hospitals, general medical and surgical 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 199 | 15 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.4 | 1.9 | 241 | 27 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 153 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · IA · Des Moines
6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 525 employers in Des Moines, IA · 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 | County Jails #1, #2 & #9 | 6.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TriStar Ashland City Medical Center | 6.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | OCONEE MEDICAL CAMPUS | 6.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Black Hawk County Extension | 4,790 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wright Tree Service, Inc | 4,019 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rockwell Collins - Cedar Rapids C Ave | 6,172 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids IA 400 NE) | 6,179 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate Center | 6,292 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MercyOne Des Moines | 3,547 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Des Moines Methodist Hospital | 3,495 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Iowa Methodist Hospital | 3,456 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | North Platte (Nenpl) | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stanton Center (Kysta) | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Grande Vista (Cagvs) | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Avon Hi-Life, Inc. | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Division 40 University of Rochester | 4,884 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mercy Hospital Springfield | 4,885 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | WellSpan York Hospital | 4,886 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sentara Norfolk General Hospital | 4,863 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.