Hospitals, general medical and surgical · Tennessee
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN · ~1,504 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 10.6
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Parkwest Medical Center runs at 141% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade D.
Parkwest Medical Center: 10.6 TCR = 141% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Parkwest Medical Center safety composite
Parkwest Medical Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).
21/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.56 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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
−2.7
2021→2024
Parkwest Medical Center injury rate improved
Parkwest Medical Center's TCR fell 2.7 from 10.5 in 2021 to 7.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 15.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=10.5 · 2022=15.9 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=7.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade D · TCR 10.6 · 141% of ind
- DART 3.9 DART
- RANK #152/157
- PHOTO LaSalle General Hosp…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 352 inj
- SIZE ~1,504 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: LaSalle General Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)
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Parkwest Medical Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Parkwest Medical Center
10.6 TCR
- LaSalle Genera
LaSalle General Hospital
10.6 TCR
- Forest Hills H
Forest Hills Hospital
10.6 TCR
- Tri-State Memo
Tri-State Memorial Hospital
10.6 TCR
- 200 INTEGRIS S
200 INTEGRIS Southwest Medical Ctr
10.5 TCR
What this shows Parkwest Medical Center averages 10.6 TCR (141% of the Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS benchmark).
Parkwest Medical Center TCR series: 2021=10.5 · 2022=15.9 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=7.8 · BLS 7.5
Where Parkwest Medical Center falls in its industry
6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishmentsSafer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #152 safest of 157 Hospitals, general medical and employers in Tennessee.
Parkwest Medical Center has more employees than the Hospitals, general medical and surgical 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.8 | 3.9 | 97 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.1 | 3.9 | 89 | 9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 15.9 | 4.0 | 105 | 97 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10.5 | 3.8 | 61 | 90 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · TN · Knoxville
6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 747 employers in Knoxville, TN · 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 | LaSalle General Hospital | 10.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Forest Hills Hospital | 10.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tri-State Memorial Hospital | 10.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 200 INTEGRIS Southwest Medical Ctr | 10.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Allpro Staffnet | 1,495 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 8027655-Nike | 1,483 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TNKNO - KNOXVILLE | 1,526 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1969-PW1 | 1,538 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cellular Sales Services Group LLC | 6,387 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University Health System, Inc | 5,215 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Functional Pathways of TN LLC | 2,258 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HES Facilities Services K-12 | 2,157 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | City of Minnetonka | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Scenic Ridge Company | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Clinical Packaging Solutions | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 10260 Redmond | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Seguin Engine Center | 1,504 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mercy Health The Jewish Hospital | 1,504 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Advance NC Facility | 1,504 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Burlington | 1,503 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.