General medical and surgical hospitals · Maine

Northern Light Mercy Hospital

Portland, ME · ~924 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
8.1
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northern Light Mercy Hospital runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade C.

Northern Light Mercy Hospital: 8.1 TCR = 108% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Light Mercy Hospital safety composite

Northern Light Mercy Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−3.1

2022→2024

Northern Light Mercy Hospital injury rate improved

Northern Light Mercy Hospital's TCR fell 3.1 from 9.4 in 2022 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=9.4 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Portland, ME ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 8.1 · 108% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #27/47
  • PHOTO 08180552 SAN MARCOS …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 98 inj
  • SIZE ~924 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 08180552 SAN MARCOS MEDICAL CENTER (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northern Light Mercy Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northern Light Mercy Hospital averages 8.1 TCR (108% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).

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

Northern Light Mercy Hospital TCR series: 2022=9.4 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 7.5

Where Northern Light Mercy Hospital falls in its industry

6,862 General medical and surgical h establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 47 General medical and surgical h employers in Maine.

Northern Light Mercy Hospital (924 employees, TCR 8.1) 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 Northern Light Mercy Hospital
Northern Light Mercy Hospital (924 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Northern Light Mercy 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
2024 6.3 4.4 29 8 0
2023 8.6 6.0 31 19 0
2022 9.4 5.8 38 14 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · ME · Portland

6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 244 employers in Portland, 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 08180552 SAN MARCOS MEDICAL CENTER 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0005-Atrium Health Mercy 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Illinois Valley Community Hospital 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1855-INEVA4 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Aroostook Medical Center 925 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mercy Hospital - State Street 932 FTE
STATE-SIZE CSCSCA 909 FTE
STATE-SIZE Order FulFillment Center 947 FTE
CITY-NEAR MMC 8,437 FTE
CITY-NEAR MMC- 22 Bram 5,535 FTE
CITY-NEAR Point32Health Portland 4,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR MMP Practices 2,063 FTE
NAT-TCR Greenridge Waste Services, LLC 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cul-Mac Industries LLC 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Animas Surgical Hospital 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Ocala 8.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pilgrim's Moorefield Fresh Plant 924 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cavsi - Visalia Hub 924 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wenatchee Valley Hospital 924 FTE
NAT-SIZE Las-Flight Ops 924 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.