Hospitals, general medical and surgical · North Carolina

North Carolina Specialty Hospital

Durham, NC · ~298 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
11.5
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Carolina Specialty Hospital runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade D.

North Carolina Specialty Hospital: 11.5 TCR = 154% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Carolina Specialty Hospital safety composite

North Carolina Specialty Hospital scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.7

2019→2024

North Carolina Specialty Hospital injury rate improved

North Carolina Specialty Hospital's TCR fell 4.7 from 12.4 in 2019 to 7.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 15.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=12.4 · 2020=10.6 · 2023=15.5 · 2024=7.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Durham, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 11.5 · 154% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #171/175
  • PHOTO SHMC at University D…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 59 inj
  • SIZE ~298 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SHMC at University District (0.0 TCR gap)

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North Carolina Specialty Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Carolina Specialty Hospital averages 11.5 TCR (154% of the Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS benchmark).

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

North Carolina Specialty Hospital TCR series: 2019=12.4 · 2020=10.6 · 2023=15.5 · 2024=7.6 · BLS 7.5

Where North Carolina Specialty Hospital falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #171 safest of 175 Hospitals, general medical and employers in North Carolina.

North Carolina Specialty Hospital (298 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 02,0004,0006,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate North Carolina Specialty Hospital
North Carolina Specialty Hospital (298 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

North Carolina Specialty Hospital has fewer 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
2024 7.6 0.6 11 15 0
2023 15.5 3.8 16 13 0
2020 10.6 3.8 10 4 0
2019 12.4 7.3 22 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · NC · Durham

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, NC · 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 SHMC at University District 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2643-26310001-263101 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Medical Center at Caverna 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PIH Health Hospital - Whittier 11.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Apex 298 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wegmans Chapel Hill 140 298 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6458-ZECA 298 FTE
STATE-SIZE Administrative Services 298 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR Superior Hearth Spa & Leisure 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Twin Cities Orthopedics - Waconia 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 540-FC214 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Eco Thrift Store - 154ctrs 11.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shultz Steel LLC 298 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coltene/Whaledent, Inc. 298 FTE
NAT-SIZE Intermountain Nutrition 298 FTE
NAT-SIZE EPT Integrity Asset Management LLC 298 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, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.