General medical and surgical hospitals · Georgia
Northside Hospital Cherokee
Canton, GA · ~3,016 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 6.4
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Northside Hospital Cherokee runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade C.
Northside Hospital Cherokee: 6.4 TCR = 85% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Northside Hospital Cherokee safety composite
Northside Hospital Cherokee scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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).
42/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.39 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.93 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% 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
−1.6
2016→2024
Northside Hospital Cherokee injury rate improved
Northside Hospital Cherokee's TCR fell 1.6 from 5.5 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 22.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.5 · 2017=5.6 · 2018=22.8 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=4.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Canton, GA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade C · TCR 6.4 · 85% of ind
- DART 1.9 DART
- RANK #137/170
- PHOTO Taylor Regional Hosp…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 909 inj
- SIZE ~3,016 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Taylor Regional Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)
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Northside Hospital Cherokee in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Northside Hospital Cherokee
6.4 TCR
- Taylor Regiona
Taylor Regional Hospital
6.4 TCR
- MH Blue Ridge
MH Blue Ridge Medical Center, LLLP
6.4 TCR
- Southwell Medi
Southwell Medical Center
6.4 TCR
- Holyoke Medica
Holyoke Medical Center
6.4 TCR
What this shows Northside Hospital Cherokee averages 6.4 TCR (85% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
Northside Hospital Cherokee TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2017=5.6 · 2018=22.8 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=4 · BLS 7.5
Where Northside Hospital Cherokee falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #137 safest of 170 General medical and surgical h employers in Georgia.
Northside Hospital Cherokee 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 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 130 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 128 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 116 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 95 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 111 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 22.8 | 7.7 | 71 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 87 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 71 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · GA · Canton
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 73 employers in Canton, GA · 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 | Taylor Regional Hospital | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MH Blue Ridge Medical Center, LLLP | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Southwell Medical Center | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Holyoke Medical Center | 6.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Field Core : Field Core (US Only) | 2,998 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DGS Aviation Services : ATL - Atlanta | 3,051 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FE9 | 3,063 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Osmose Utilities Service, Inc. | 3,072 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pilgrims Pride Corp | 748 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Processing Plant | 747 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Universal Alloy Corporation Canton | 402 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Piolax Corporation | 370 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Salem Republic Rubber Company LLC | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Town of Garner | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Formel Industries, Inc. | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2728 Fre145 | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Construction Division | 3,016 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pyramid Healthcare Inc | 3,019 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wolfspeed - Durham, NC | 3,013 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Genesis HealthCare System | 3,011 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.