Hospitals, general pediatric · Kentucky

Norton Childrens Hospital

Louisville, KY · ~1,601 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Norton Childrens Hospital runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hospitals, general pediatric workplace, earning a grade C.

Norton Childrens Hospital: 7.1 TCR = 94% of Hospitals, general pediatric BLS 7.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norton Childrens Hospital safety composite

Norton Childrens Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Norton Childrens Hospital: 4.6 → 9.5 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 9.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.29× in 2017

Norton Childrens Hospital's TCR rose 4.9 from 4.6 in 2016 to 9.5 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Louisville, KY AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 7.1 · 94% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #102/141
  • PHOTO DePaul Hospital - St…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 112 inj
  • SIZE ~1,601 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DePaul Hospital - St. Louis (0.0 TCR gap)

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Norton Childrens Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Norton Childrens Hospital averages 7.1 TCR (94% of the Hospitals, general pediatric BLS benchmark).

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

Norton Childrens Hospital TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=9.5 · BLS 7.5

Where Norton Childrens Hospital falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general pediatric establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #102 safest of 141 Hospitals, general pediatric employers in Kentucky.

Norton Childrens Hospital (1,601 employees, TCR 7.1) 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 Norton Childrens Hospital
Norton Childrens Hospital (1,601 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Norton Childrens Hospital has more employees than the Hospitals, general pediatric 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
2017 9.5 2.0 56 0 0
2016 4.6 0.9 56 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · KY · Louisville

6,862 Hospitals, general pediatric employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, KY · 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 DePaul Hospital - St. Louis 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR HIllcrest Hospital South 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cannon Memorial Hospital 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Memorial Hermann Pearland Hospital 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Baptist Health Paducah Hospital 1,605 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lexmark - Lexington 1,596 FTE
STATE-SIZE North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : LEX2 1,580 FTE
STATE-SIZE Norton Brownsboro Hospital NBH 1,627 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jefferson County Public Schools 18,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYGRA - WORLDPORT 11,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR WORLDPORT (KYGRA) 9,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR KTKY TRUCK 8,757 FTE
NAT-TCR 0187 - Burbank, Il 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Provide A Ride 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR St Louis Air Gateway (Mober) 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Paramount Senior Care Centers at San Antonio 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Battelle Columbus Operations 1,601 FTE
NAT-SIZE Angels In Your Home 1,601 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - DEN5 1,601 FTE
NAT-SIZE East Bay Municipal Utility District - Water 1,602 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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