Hospitals, intellectual and developmental disability · North Carolina
Murdoch Developmental Center
Butner, NC · ~1,548 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Murdoch Developmental Center runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hospitals, intellectual and developmental disability workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.8
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 178
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Murdoch Developmental Center's OSHA Total Case Rate of 5.8 to the Hospitals, intellectual and developmental disability BLS benchmark of 3.8 (152% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Murdoch Developmental Center's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.8 industry benchmark.
Where Murdoch Developmental Center falls in its industry
2,718 Hospitals, intellectual and de establishmentsSafer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #85 safest of 115 Hospitals, intellectual and de employers in North Carolina.
Trend analysis for Murdoch Developmental Center
Between 2016 and 2018, Murdoch Developmental Center's Total Case Rate improved from 8.7 to 2.8 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 68% decrease across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2018, at a TCR of 2.8, while 2016 saw the highest rate, at 8.7, a spread of 5.9 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Murdoch Developmental Center recorded 178 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 178 injuries shown on this page for Murdoch Developmental Center are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 623210 - Hospitals, intellectual and developmental disability.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2018)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
35 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 3,079,632 hours worked = 2.27 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Murdoch Developmental Center (this establishment) | 5.76 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Intermediate care facilities, intellectual and developmental disability industry avg | 3.80 | BLS IIF, NAICS 623210 |
| North Carolina state avg (all industries) | 3.89 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Murdoch Developmental Center to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2018: 43 reportable incidents · 43 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 135 reportable incidents · 135 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 135 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Murdoch Developmental Center's reported OSHA injury record versus its Hospitals, intellectual and developmental disability peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 152% of the Hospitals, intellectual and developmental disability benchmark, Murdoch Developmental Center reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Hospitals, intellectual and developmental disability sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.