Hospitals, general medical and surgical · Illinois
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital
Winfield, IL · ~4,069 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 5.6
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade B.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 5.6
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 7.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1,078
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital's OSHA Total Case Rate of 5.6 to the Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS benchmark of 7.5 (74% of benchmark) across 7 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 7.5 industry benchmark.
Where Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital falls in its industry
7,181 Hospitals, general medical and establishmentsSafer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #157 safest of 312 Hospitals, general medical and employers in Illinois.
Trend analysis for Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital
Between 2016 and 2023, Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital's Total Case Rate improved from 6.4 to 4.6 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 27% decrease across 7 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2023, at a TCR of 4.6, while 2016 saw the highest rate, at 6.4, a spread of 1.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 7 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 7 reporting years, Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital recorded 1,078 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 7-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 1,078 injuries, 13 illnesses shown on this page for Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital are sourced from its own 7 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 622110 - Hospitals, general medical and surgical.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
77 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 5,960,432 hours worked = 2.58 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital (this establishment) | 5.57 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 7-year avg |
| Hospitals, general medical and surgical industry avg | 7.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 622110 |
| Illinois state avg (all industries) | 4.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 138 reportable incidents · 138 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 161 reportable incidents · 161 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 160 reportable incidents · 160 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 137 reportable incidents · 137 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 147 reportable incidents · 147 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 162 reportable incidents · 162 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 186 reportable incidents · 173 injuries, 13 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 138 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.5 | 2.9 | 161 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 160 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 137 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 147 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 162 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.4 | 2.9 | 173 | 13 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Hospitals, general medical and surgical peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 74% of the Hospitals, general medical and surgical benchmark, Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Hospitals, general medical and surgical sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.