Hospitals, specialty (except psychiatric, substance abuse) · Alabama

North Alabama Specialty Hospital

Athens, AL · ~72 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
21.8
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Alabama Specialty Hospital runs at 573% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hospitals, specialty (except psychiatric, substance abuse) workplace, earning a grade F.

North Alabama Specialty Hospital: 21.8 TCR = 573% of Hospitals, specialty (except psychiatric, substance abuse) BLS 3.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Alabama Specialty Hospital safety composite

North Alabama Specialty Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).

F

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 21.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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%).

Rising injury rate

North Alabama Specialty Hospital: 11.3 → 12.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 37.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.28× in 2020

North Alabama Specialty Hospital's TCR rose 1.0 from 11.3 in 2017 to 12.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 37.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622310 · Athens, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 21.8 · 573% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #28/28
  • PHOTO Childrens Care Hospi…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 40 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Childrens Care Hospital and School (0.0 TCR gap)

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North Alabama Specialty Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Alabama Specialty Hospital averages 21.8 TCR (573% of the Hospitals, specialty (except psychiatric, substance abuse) BLS benchmark).

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

North Alabama Specialty Hospital TCR series: 2017=11.3 · 2018=25.8 · 2019=37.8 · 2020=12.3 · BLS 3.8

Where North Alabama Specialty Hospital falls in its industry

1,390 Hospitals, specialty (except p establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 28 Hospitals, specialty (except p employers in Alabama.

North Alabama Specialty Hospital (72 employees, TCR 21.8) 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate North Alabama Specialty Hospital
North Alabama Specialty Hospital (72 employees, TCR 21.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 160 employees and a TCR of 5.4

North Alabama Specialty Hospital has fewer employees than the Hospitals, specialty (except psychiatric median and a higher 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
2020 12.3 6.2 6 0 0
2019 37.8 0.0 17 0 0
2018 25.8 2.1 12 0 0
2017 11.3 2.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622310 · AL · Athens

1,390 Hospitals, specialty (except psychiatric, substance abuse) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 57 employers in Athens, AL · 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 Childrens Care Hospital and School 21.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Princeton 22.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4083 Rehabilitation Hosp of WI 22.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR University of Iowa Health Network Rehabilitation Hospital 21.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE GGP Hatchery (Elkmont) 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Birmingham Division Trussville 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE SOUTHERN PINE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gary Ingram Grading & Paving, Inc 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Athens 757 FTE
CITY-NEAR Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 457 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 661 428 FTE
CITY-NEAR 661 382 FTE
NAT-TCR 6458-ZARC 21.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Flexsteel Industries Inc.,-Edgerton 21.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0049 Sherman Oaks 21.8 TCR
NAT-TCR LongMeadow 21.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE A&K Development Company 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE LCS Constructors, Inc. 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Berry Global 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE KW-Precast 72 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.