Orthopedic hospitals · Arkansas

Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith

Fort Smith, AR · ~113 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Orthopedic hospitals workplace, earning a grade D.

Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith: 4.7 TCR = 123% of Orthopedic hospitals BLS 3.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith safety composite

Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−0.8

2018→2024

Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith injury rate improved

Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith's TCR fell 0.8 from 3.0 in 2018 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.0 · 2019=3.0 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622310 · Fort Smith, AR ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 123% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/24
  • PHOTO 2253-H4500
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~113 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2253-H4500 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith averages 4.7 TCR (123% of the Orthopedic hospitals BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith TCR series: 2018=3 · 2019=3 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.8

Where Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith falls in its industry

1,390 Orthopedic hospitals establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 24 Orthopedic hospitals employers in Arkansas.

Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith (113 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 160 employees and a TCR of 5.4 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith (113 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 160 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith has fewer employees than the Orthopedic hospitals median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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 2.2 0.0 2 0 0
2023 3.2 0.0 3 0 0
2022 6.3 2.1 6 0 0
2021 6.9 1.0 7 0 0
2020 8.1 2.0 8 0 0
2019 3.0 1.0 3 0 0
2018 3.0 1.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622310 · AR · Fort Smith

1,390 Orthopedic hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 249 employers in Fort Smith, AR · 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 2253-H4500 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Encompass Health Rehab Hospital of City View 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2253-H4635 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baptist Health Rehabilitation Institute 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Deltic Timber Corporation - Ola Mill 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE CONIFEX EL DORADO INC 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atlas Tube Blytheville 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE ARJNB - JONESBORO CENTER 113 FTE
CITY-NEAR MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH 1,944 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Fort Smith 1,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Smith - 5713 RS Boreham Jr Street 985 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith 970 FTE
NAT-TCR Lear Corporation - Plymouth 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Watercrest at Kingwood AL 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Johnson River Enterprises LLC 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Almstead Tree & Shrub Care Company - Stamford 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE LAX-ITP2 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE Toombs Nursing Home 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pre Con Construction Inc. 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE Standard Heating and Air Conditioning 113 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.