General medical and surgical hospitals · Illinois

Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital

Dekalb, IL · ~1,067 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade B.

Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital: 5.6 TCR = 75% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital safety composite

Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

D

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−1.4

2016→2023

Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital injury rate improved

Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital's TCR fell 1.4 from 6.1 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.1 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=6.0 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=5.0 · 2023=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Dekalb, IL AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 5.6 · 75% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #149/300
  • PHOTO Fairfield Medical Ce…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 291 inj
  • SIZE ~1,067 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fairfield Medical Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital averages 5.6 TCR (75% 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

Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital TCR series: 2016=6.1 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=6 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=5 · 2023=4.7 · BLS 7.5

Where Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital falls in its industry

6,862 General medical and surgical h establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #149 safest of 300 General medical and surgical h employers in Illinois.

Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital (1,067 employees, TCR 5.6) 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 Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital (1,067 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee 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 4.7 2.8 37 0 0
2022 5.0 2.3 37 0 0
2021 6.8 4.1 50 0 0
2020 6.0 3.5 43 0 0
2019 5.7 2.8 41 0 0
2018 4.8 2.4 36 0 0
2016 6.1 3.1 47 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · IL · Dekalb

6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Dekalb, 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 Fairfield Medical Center 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Memorial Regional Medical Center 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR OSF Holy Family Medical Center 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Capital Health Regional Medical Center 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE ACL Laboratories 1,069 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company LLC 1,070 FTE
STATE-SIZE Misericordia Home 1,064 FTE
STATE-SIZE CITY OF EVANSTON 1,062 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - UDC-DeKalb 1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - DeKalb UDC 1,411 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 940 FTE
CITY-NEAR 786 391 FTE
NAT-TCR SNL Distribution Services Corp-Batesville 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Palatine Bridge #164 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ennis Dirt Cheap 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR TKI Mitchell 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sun Valley Company 1,067 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sumner Regional Medical Center LLC 1,068 FTE
NAT-SIZE TG Kentucky LLC 1,066 FTE
NAT-SIZE McCall Farms INC 1,066 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.