General medical and surgical hospitals · Illinois

South Shore Hospital

Chicago, IL · ~373 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Shore Hospital runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade B.

South Shore Hospital: 4.2 TCR = 57% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Shore Hospital safety composite

South Shore Hospital scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

South Shore Hospital: 1.9 → 6.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.54× in 2024

South Shore Hospital's TCR rose 4.3 from 1.9 in 2022 to 6.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 4.2 · 57% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #100/300
  • PHOTO Longview Rehabilitat…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~373 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Longview Rehabilitation Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Shore Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Shore Hospital averages 4.2 TCR (57% 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

South Shore Hospital TCR series: 2022=1.9 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=6.2 · BLS 7.5

Where South Shore Hospital falls in its industry

6,862 General medical and surgical h establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #100 safest of 300 General medical and surgical h employers in Illinois.

South Shore Hospital (373 employees, TCR 4.2) 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 South Shore Hospital
South Shore Hospital (373 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

South Shore Hospital has fewer employees than the General medical and surgical hospitals 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 6.2 2.3 19 0 0
2023 4.6 1.6 13 1 0
2022 1.9 0.3 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · IL · Chicago

6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, IL · 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 Longview Rehabilitation Hospital 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brattleboro Memorial Hospital 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital - Denton 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lake Norman Regional Medical Center 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE 117 - Archer Western - De Moya JV II 373 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mueller Water Products 373 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 5486 373 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 775 373 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR wellington avenue 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Brentwood Industries Inc., Martinsburg WV 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Jasper Weller, LLC - DBA Weller Truck Parts (Farmington) 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR MEO Transportation (#27) 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Standard Textile Co., Inc. 373 FTE
NAT-SIZE Preston Memorial Hospital 373 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mn St Cloud Office - 10stc 373 FTE
NAT-SIZE Delta Air Lines - HIB 373 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. 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.