Healthcare, Inpatient/Outpatient · Kentucky

Saint Joseph Hospital

Lexington, KY · ~1,558 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Saint Joseph Hospital runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Healthcare, Inpatient/Outpatient workplace, earning a grade C.

Saint Joseph Hospital: 7.0 TCR = 93% of Healthcare, Inpatient/Outpatient BLS 7.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Saint Joseph Hospital safety composite

Saint Joseph Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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%).

Saint Joseph Hospital held a steady TCR band

Saint Joseph Hospital's TCR held near 0.0 from 7.1 in 2016 to 7.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.1 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=6.3 · 2019=7.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 7.0 · 93% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #99/141
  • PHOTO Ontario Hospital
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 357 inj
  • SIZE ~1,558 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ontario Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)

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Saint Joseph Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Saint Joseph Hospital averages 7.0 TCR (93% of the Healthcare, Inpatient/Outpatient BLS benchmark).

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

Saint Joseph Hospital TCR series: 2016=7.1 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=6.3 · 2019=7.2 · BLS 7.5

Where Saint Joseph Hospital falls in its industry

6,862 Healthcare, Inpatient/Outpatie establishments

Safer than 26% 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 #99 safest of 141 Healthcare, Inpatient/Outpatie employers in Kentucky.

Saint Joseph Hospital (1,558 employees, TCR 7.0) 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 Saint Joseph Hospital
Saint Joseph Hospital (1,558 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Saint Joseph Hospital has more employees than the Healthcare, Inpatient/Outpatient 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
2019 7.2 3.2 93 0 0
2018 6.3 2.5 82 0 0
2017 7.3 3.1 92 0 0
2016 7.1 3.2 90 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · KY · Lexington

6,862 Healthcare, Inpatient/Outpatient employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 652 employers in Lexington, 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 Ontario Hospital 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 08681380 MORENO VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parkview Noble Hospital 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Amazon Transportation Services : CVG9 1,568 FTE
STATE-SIZE North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : LEX2 1,580 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lexmark - Lexington 1,596 FTE
STATE-SIZE Norton Childrens Hospital 1,601 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Kentucky - Main Campus - Fayette County 11,013 FTE
CITY-NEAR UK Healthcare 9,922 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central KY - Gatton Beaumont 3,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central Ky - High Street 3,895 FTE
NAT-TCR Abs Corpus Christi Day Program 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR kj's market quinby 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Unity Point Finley Hospital 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 32nd Avenue Building 1,558 FTE
NAT-SIZE ATK Space Systems LLC - Clearfield 1,558 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cc Florida Weston 1,558 FTE
NAT-SIZE Delta Air Lines - ATL RES 1,558 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: 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.