General medical and surgical hospitals · North Carolina

Rutherford Regional Medical Center

Rutherfordton, NC · ~438 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
10.6
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rutherford Regional Medical Center runs at 141% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade D.

Rutherford Regional Medical Center: 10.6 TCR = 141% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rutherford Regional Medical Center safety composite

Rutherford Regional 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).

F

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−2.8

2016→2024

Rutherford Regional Medical Center injury rate improved

Rutherford Regional Medical Center's TCR fell 2.8 from 9.1 in 2016 to 6.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 17.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.1 · 2017=8.0 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=10.8 · 2020=15.5 · 2021=17.2 · 2022=12.4 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=6.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Rutherfordton, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 10.6 · 141% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #168/175
  • PHOTO 9292-AHSR050 - SIERR…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 237 inj
  • SIZE ~438 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 9292-AHSR050 - SIERRA CARE CENTER UNIT 6 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rutherford Regional Medical Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rutherford Regional Medical Center averages 10.6 TCR (141% 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

Rutherford Regional Medical Center TCR series: 2016=9.1 · 2017=8 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=10.8 · 2020=15.5 · 2021=17.2 · 2022=12.4 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 7.5

Where Rutherford Regional Medical Center falls in its industry

6,862 General medical and surgical h establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #168 safest of 175 General medical and surgical h employers in North Carolina.

Rutherford Regional Medical Center (438 employees, TCR 10.6) 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 Rutherford Regional Medical Center
Rutherford Regional Medical Center (438 employees, TCR 10.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Rutherford Regional Medical Center has fewer 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
2024 6.4 2.7 18 1 0
2023 7.8 3.2 20 2 0
2022 12.4 6.0 20 13 0
2021 17.2 10.8 19 29 0
2020 15.5 9.7 25 23 0
2019 10.8 4.2 33 3 0
2018 8.1 3.5 28 2 0
2017 8.0 3.9 31 4 0
2016 9.1 3.5 43 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · NC · Rutherfordton

6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 20 employers in Rutherfordton, 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 9292-AHSR050 - SIERRA CARE CENTER UNIT 6 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tri-State Memorial Hospital 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CA128 PROVIDENCE LITTLE CO OF MARY SUBACUTE CA 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sullivan County Community Hospital 10.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE De Oro Foods, DBA Dorada Foods, LLC 438 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ethan Allen Operations, Inc. 438 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tencarva Machinery Company 438 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buncombe County-Social Services 438 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rutherfordton 232 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aallied Die Casting 167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parton Lumber Company 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR RU-RU-RUTHERFORDTON 124 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Charleston - Police Department 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ocala Oaks Rehabilitation Center 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR La Cosecha Food Service, LLC 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Grand Rapids Metaltek Inc. 10.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Trumbull 438 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raymond-Muscatine, Inc. 438 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stone Mountain GA 438 FTE
NAT-SIZE PA Operations 438 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.