Hospitals, general medical and surgical · Florida

Shands UF Hospital

Gainesville, FL · ~9,178 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Shands UF Hospital runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade B.

Shands UF Hospital: 4.0 TCR = 53% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shands UF Hospital safety composite

Shands UF Hospital scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−1.2

2016→2024

Shands UF Hospital injury rate improved

Shands UF Hospital's TCR fell 1.2 from 4.5 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.5 · 2019=4.4 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Gainesville, FL AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 4.0 · 53% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #107/350
  • PHOTO Minnie Hamilton Heal…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1,020 inj
  • SIZE ~9,178 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Minnie Hamilton Health System (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shands UF Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shands UF Hospital averages 4.0 TCR (53% of the Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS benchmark).

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

Shands UF Hospital TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2019=4.4 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 7.5

Where Shands UF Hospital falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #107 safest of 350 Hospitals, general medical and employers in Florida.

Shands UF Hospital (9,178 employees, TCR 4.0) 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Shands UF Hospital
Shands UF Hospital (9,178 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Shands UF Hospital has more employees than the Hospitals, general medical and surgical 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 3.3 1.5 235 0 0
2023 3.6 1.5 241 3 0
2019 4.4 1.8 292 2 0
2016 4.5 1.5 252 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · FL · Gainesville

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 278 employers in Gainesville, FL · 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 Minnie Hamilton Health System 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Geneva Medical Center 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE VALPARAISO 9,165 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4795-AA-MIA-MIAMI-MIA-TRML 9,259 FTE
STATE-SIZE Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center 9,005 FTE
STATE-SIZE Florida Hospital Orlando 10,318 FTE
CITY-NEAR HCA Florida North Florida Hospital 2,414 FTE
CITY-NEAR NORTH FLORIDA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 1,770 FTE
CITY-NEAR Faculty Group Practice 1,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Athletic Association 651 FTE
NAT-TCR Kennedy Valve Company 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Haynes Heating & Cooling 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Texas A&M Concrete, LLC 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Minnie Hamilton Health System 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE New Iberia 9,165 FTE
NAT-SIZE McComb 9,165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Robertsdale 9,165 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Point 9,165 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, 2019, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.