Pathology laboratories, medical · Indiana

South Bend Medical Foundation

Name: South Bend Medical Foundation Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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South Bend, IN · ~133 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.3
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

South Bend Medical Foundation runs at 166% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pathology laboratories, medical workplace, earning a grade D.

South Bend Medical Foundation: 6.3 TCR = 166% of Pathology laboratories, medical BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Bend Medical Foundation safety composite

South Bend Medical Foundation scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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).

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

South Bend Medical Foundation: 5.0 → 7.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 7.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

South Bend Medical Foundation's TCR rose 2.7 from 5.0 in 2021 to 7.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621511 · South Bend, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 166% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #4/6
PHOTO Central Lab
BOOK 2y book
INJ 13 inj
SIZE ~133 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Central Lab (0.0 TCR gap)

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WESTPAC LABS C

6.5
This site

6.3
Central Lab

6.3
Mercy Laborato

6.3
California Off

6.2

What this shows South Bend Medical Foundation averages 6.3 TCR (166% of the Pathology laboratories, medical BLS benchmark).

South Bend Medical Foundation TCR series: 2021=5 · 2023=7.7 · BLS 3.8

Where South Bend Medical Foundation falls in its industry

162 Pathology laboratories, medica establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Pathology laboratories, medica employers in Indiana.

South Bend Medical Foundation (133 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.0

South Bend Medical Foundation has fewer employees than the Pathology laboratories, medical median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2023	7.7	0.0	8	0	0
2021	5.0	2.0	5	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621511 · IN · South Bend

162 Pathology laboratories, medical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 318 employers in South Bend, IN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Central Lab	SOUTH BEND, IN	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mercy Laboratories	SPRINGFIELD, MA	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	California Office	SAN DIEGO, CA	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WESTPAC LABS Central	SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA	6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Water Resource Recovery Facility	WEST LAFAYETTE	133 FTE
STATE-SIZE	M & C Concrete Company INC	INDIANAPOLIS	133 FTE
STATE-SIZE	POLYWOOD Roxboro	ROXBORO	133 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MSI Express - Burnham 6750	PORTAGE	133 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Memorial Hospital South Bend	South Bend	2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Joseph County	South Bend	1,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fourwinds Casino South Bend	South Bend	1,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Honeywell IN08	South Bend	810 FTE
NAT-TCR	Unit #0696	Tukwila, WA	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Benchmark III Corporation	Stuart, FL	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Quality Mechanical Corporation	East Haven, CT	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Las Vegas NV	North Los Vegas, NV	6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Rxr Co Property Management LLC	Uniondale, NY	133 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Orchid Macdee LLC dba Orchid Chelsea	Chelsea, MI	133 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Parks & Recreation	Suffolk, VA	133 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Charles C Parks Company	Gallatin, TN	133 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: 2023, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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