General medical and surgical hospitals · Virginia
Southside Community Hospital
Lynchburg, VA · ~541 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 3.6
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Southside Community Hospital runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade A.
Southside Community Hospital: 3.6 TCR = 48% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Southside Community Hospital safety composite
Southside Community Hospital scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% 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).
64/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 72% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% 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
−1.3
2017→2024
Southside Community Hospital injury rate improved
Southside Community Hospital's TCR fell 1.3 from 3.6 in 2017 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=3.6 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=2.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Lynchburg, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 3.6 · 48% of ind
- DART 1.2 DART
- RANK #29/129
- PHOTO Melham Medical Center
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 128 inj
- SIZE ~541 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Melham Medical Center (0.0 TCR gap)
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Southside Community Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Southside Community Hospital
3.6 TCR
- Melham Medical
Melham Medical Center
3.6 TCR
- Aria Health -
Aria Health - Torresdale
3.6 TCR
- Physicians Car
Physicians Care Surgical Hospital
3.6 TCR
- MCLEOD REG MED
MCLEOD REG MED CTR OF PEE DEE MH101
3.6 TCR
What this shows Southside Community Hospital averages 3.6 TCR (48% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
Southside Community Hospital TCR series: 2017=3.6 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 7.5
Where Southside Community Hospital falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 129 General medical and surgical h employers in Virginia.
Southside Community Hospital has more 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 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · VA · Lynchburg
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 360 employers in Lynchburg, VA · 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 | Melham Medical Center | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Aria Health - Torresdale | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Physicians Care Surgical Hospital | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MCLEOD REG MED CTR OF PEE DEE MH101 | 3.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Monogram Food Solutions - Martinsville | 542 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 4510 West Point Mill | 542 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HSN Roanoke VA | 542 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Goodwill Staffing Solutions | 540 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lynchburg General Hospital | 2,596 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BWXT NOG Lynchburg | 2,200 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg | 2,180 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Centra Urgent Care Forest | 1,283 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | BFC | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sycamore LF | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | EPPA Methodist Hospital | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | S04289 - Harrison Hauling | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Shea Homes Active Lifestyle Communities | 541 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County | 541 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lottery Headquarters | 541 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BNH - Baystate Noble Hospital | 541 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.