Hospitals, general medical and surgical · Illinois

Northwest Community Hospital

Arlington Heights, IL · ~3,365 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northwest Community Hospital runs at 222% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade F.

Northwest Community Hospital: 8.4 TCR = 222% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 3.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northwest Community Hospital safety composite

Northwest Community Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−2.6

2016→2024

Northwest Community Hospital injury rate improved

Northwest Community Hospital's TCR fell 2.6 from 9.1 in 2016 to 6.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.1 · 2017=7.7 · 2018=12.6 · 2019=11.0 · 2020=12.0 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621999 · Arlington Heights, IL ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 222% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #16/21
  • PHOTO 5114 - AZ ASPC Yuma …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 1,513 inj
  • SIZE ~3,365 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 5114 - AZ ASPC Yuma - NaphCare AZ (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northwest Community Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northwest Community Hospital averages 8.4 TCR (222% 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

Northwest Community Hospital TCR series: 2016=9.1 · 2017=7.7 · 2018=12.6 · 2019=11 · 2020=12 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 3.8

Where Northwest Community Hospital falls in its industry

461 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 21 Hospitals, general medical and employers in Illinois.

Northwest Community Hospital (3,365 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Northwest Community Hospital
Northwest Community Hospital (3,365 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Northwest Community Hospital has more employees than the Hospitals, general medical and surgical median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 6.5 1.1 165 1 0
2023 3.4 0.9 129 0 0
2022 5.2 1.6 131 15 0
2020 12.0 6.3 185 76 0
2019 11.0 3.6 236 0 0
2018 12.6 3.6 286 2 0
2017 7.7 3.5 173 0 0
2016 9.1 3.5 208 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621999 · IL · Arlington Heights

461 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 121 employers in Arlington Heights, IL · 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 5114 - AZ ASPC Yuma - NaphCare AZ 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5071 - NV Washoe County Detention 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center EM 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brentwood Health Center 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE creative werks, LLC 3,317 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indian Prairie School District 204 3,309 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6354-OFFS 3,444 FTE
STATE-SIZE Continental Tire Mount Vernon IL. 3,509 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARLINGTON HEIGHTS SCHOOL DISTRICT 25 911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4813-48130002-ENCORE CHICAGO 845 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lutheran Home and Serv For The Aged 796 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arlington Heights Park District 593 FTE
NAT-TCR Watson Hopper 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cottonwood Creek 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Jeffersonville in - 3329 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cambridge Mn - 3154 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Njmea - Meadowlands 3,366 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - CLE2 3,363 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3056 - RSG Indianapolis 3,362 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairview Hospital 3,370 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.