General medical and surgical hospitals · Pennsylvania
Sacred Heart Hospital
Allentown, PA · ~651 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 10.2
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sacred Heart Hospital runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade D.
Sacred Heart Hospital: 10.2 TCR = 136% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sacred Heart Hospital safety composite
Sacred Heart Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.66 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% 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
Sacred Heart Hospital: 3.3 → 14.2 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 19.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.95× in 2022
Sacred Heart Hospital's TCR rose 10.9 from 3.3 in 2016 to 14.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 19.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Allentown, PA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 10.2 · 136% of ind
- DART 9.7 DART
- RANK #247/262
- PHOTO Lakeland Medical Cen…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 194 inj
- SIZE ~651 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lakeland Medical Center St. Joseph (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sacred Heart Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sacred Heart Hospital
10.2 TCR
- Lakeland Medic
Lakeland Medical Center St. Joseph
10.2 TCR
- 64030373-37300
64030373-373001 COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SAN BERNARDINO
10.2 TCR
- Anderson Count
Anderson County Hospital
10.2 TCR
- OSF Sacred Hea
OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center SHMC
10.2 TCR
What this shows Sacred Heart Hospital averages 10.2 TCR (136% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
Sacred Heart Hospital TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=7.7 · 2020=19.4 · 2021=14.4 · 2022=14.2 · BLS 7.5
Where Sacred Heart Hospital falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #247 safest of 262 General medical and surgical h employers in Pennsylvania.
Sacred Heart 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.2 | 9.7 | 40 | 35 | 0 |
| 2021 | 14.4 | 10.9 | 41 | 40 | 0 |
| 2020 | 19.4 | 16.1 | 44 | 68 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.7 | 2.6 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · PA · Allentown
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 447 employers in Allentown, PA · 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 | Lakeland Medical Center St. Joseph | 10.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 64030373-373001 COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SAN BERNARDINO | 10.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Anderson County Hospital | 10.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center SHMC | 10.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | East Earl | 651 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pixelle Specialty Solutions | 651 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cabinetworks Group | 651 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Thermo Fisher Scientific-FCS Allentown, PA | 651 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lehigh Valley Hospital | 9,463 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1200SCC | 6,531 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- Main Campus | 2,118 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LOCATION 48042 | 1,728 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 4054-ABS-0017-0016-00332 | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 4054-ABS-0020-0022-00135 | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 5472-NAI-0033-0033-03561 | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 083348-Hfd-Bishops Corner Br | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Glade Spring Dry Van Plant | 651 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Heart of Mary Medical Center | 651 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Jomax Construction Co., Inc. | 651 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sutter Health System Office (470-1500) | 651 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.