General medical and surgical hospitals · Maine
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital
Ellsworth, ME · ~492 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 10.3
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade D.
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital: 10.3 TCR = 138% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital safety composite
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).
19/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.04 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% 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
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital: 8.3 → 10.0 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 11.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.58× in 2023
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital's TCR rose 1.7 from 8.3 in 2018 to 10.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Ellsworth, ME ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 10.3 · 138% of ind
- DART 6.0 DART
- RANK #38/47
- PHOTO Saint Luke's South S…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 205 inj
- SIZE ~492 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Saint Luke's South Surgery Center (0.0 TCR gap)
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Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital
10.3 TCR
- Saint Luke's S
Saint Luke's South Surgery Center
10.3 TCR
- Beth Israel De
Beth Israel Deaconess Plymouth
10.3 TCR
- St. Joseph Hos
St. Joseph Hospital Family Medicine & Specialty Services Milford
10.3 TCR
- Metropolitan M
Metropolitan Methodist Hospital
10.3 TCR
What this shows Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital averages 10.3 TCR (138% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital TCR series: 2018=8.3 · 2019=11.7 · 2020=10.7 · 2021=9.8 · 2022=11.6 · 2023=10 · BLS 7.5
Where Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 47 General medical and surgical h employers in Maine.
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital has more employees than the General medical and surgical hospitals 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 24 | 14 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11.6 | 7.1 | 42 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.8 | 4.7 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.7 | 6.4 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11.7 | 5.4 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.3 | 3.7 | 27 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · ME · Ellsworth
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 33 employers in Ellsworth, ME · 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 | Saint Luke's South Surgery Center | 10.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Beth Israel Deaconess Plymouth | 10.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | St. Joseph Hospital Family Medicine & Specialty Services Milford | 10.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Metropolitan Methodist Hospital | 10.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Brock Auburn Gorham Area | 492 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 1868 | 490 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SHH - 123 Andover | 488 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 1856 | 499 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Maine Coast Memorial Hospital | 527 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1932 | 353 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1932 | 300 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 08123 - Store # 8123 Ellsworth | 203 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Pete's Fresh Market 95th Corporation | 10.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | C&D Lumber LLC | 10.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Monarch Casino Resort Spa | 10.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Premier Concrete Products | 10.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Sugar Creek Packing Co. CCI | 492 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Clearwater Paper Shelby LLC | 492 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tasty Baking Company | 492 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Arthrex Manufacturing South Carolina | 492 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.