General medical and surgical hospitals · North Carolina
Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center
Kernersville, NC · ~532 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 3.8
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center runs at 51% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade B.
Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center: 3.8 TCR = 51% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center safety composite
Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).
64/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.82 per 100 workers
Safer than 69% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 68% 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
Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center: 3.3 → 3.8 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 4.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.26× in 2024
Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center's TCR rose 0.5 from 3.3 in 2022 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Kernersville, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 3.8 · 51% of ind
- DART 1.0 DART
- RANK #52/175
- PHOTO Holy Cross HealthPlex
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 49 inj
- SIZE ~532 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Holy Cross HealthPlex (0.0 TCR gap)
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Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center
3.8 TCR
- Holy Cross Hea
Holy Cross HealthPlex
3.8 TCR
- St. Rita's Med
St. Rita's Medical Center
3.8 TCR
- Christus Spohn
Christus Spohn Alice-115
3.8 TCR
- ARH Advanced C
ARH Advanced Care Inc. Big Sandy
3.8 TCR
What this shows Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center averages 3.8 TCR (51% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center TCR series: 2022=3.3 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 7.5
Where Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 175 General medical and surgical h employers in North Carolina.
Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center has more employees than the General medical and surgical hospitals median and a lower 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 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · NC · Kernersville
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 93 employers in Kernersville, NC · 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 | Holy Cross HealthPlex | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | St. Rita's Medical Center | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Christus Spohn Alice-115 | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ARH Advanced Care Inc. Big Sandy | 3.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Alamance Foods Cedar Crest | 532 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MNA - Raleigh/Field | 532 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | City of Kannapolis | 532 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Continental Automotive Systems, Inc | 531 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6458-GRNB | 1,399 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - GSO1 | 968 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 274 | 797 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | John Deere Kernersville | 782 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Osprey Cove Golf Club | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cato-Meridian Central School District | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HEWLETT-NY55 | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cadillac MI Yard | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | ARE Accessories LLC | 532 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Aerojet Rocketdyne - Huntsville HQ | 532 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SCAN Group | 532 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Viera Hospital | 532 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.