Hospitals, general medical and surgical · Tennessee
Starr Regional Medical Center
Athens, TN · ~603 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 10.2
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Starr Regional Medical Center runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade D.
Starr Regional Medical Center: 10.2 TCR = 136% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Starr Regional Medical Center safety composite
Starr Regional Medical Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).
21/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% 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
Starr Regional Medical Center: 6.2 → 8.8 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 18.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2024
Starr Regional Medical Center's TCR rose 2.5 from 6.2 in 2016 to 8.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 18.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Athens, TN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 10.2 · 136% of ind
- DART 4.2 DART
- RANK #149/157
- PHOTO Essentia Virginia Ho…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 264 inj
- SIZE ~603 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Essentia Virginia Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)
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Starr Regional Medical Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Starr Regional Medical Center
10.2 TCR
- Essentia Virgi
Essentia Virginia Hospital
10.2 TCR
- 64030373-37300
64030373-373001 COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SAN BERNARDINO
10.2 TCR
- Florida Hospit
Florida Hospital East Orlando
10.2 TCR
- Naugatuck Vall
Naugatuck Valley Surgical Center
10.2 TCR
What this shows Starr Regional Medical Center averages 10.2 TCR (136% of the Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS benchmark).
Starr Regional Medical Center TCR series: 2016=6.2 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=10.8 · 2020=17.1 · 2021=9.7 · 2022=18.4 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=8.8 · BLS 7.5
Where Starr Regional Medical Center falls in its industry
6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishmentsSafer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #149 safest of 157 Hospitals, general medical and employers in Tennessee.
Starr Regional Medical Center has more employees than the Hospitals, general medical and surgical 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.8 | 4.2 | 22 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.8 | 4.0 | 16 | 9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 18.4 | 14.1 | 21 | 35 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.7 | 7.2 | 13 | 18 | 0 |
| 2020 | 17.1 | 10.8 | 71 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.8 | 4.8 | 46 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.1 | 3.1 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.2 | 1.7 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · TN · Athens
6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 77 employers in Athens, TN · 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 | Essentia Virginia Hospital | 10.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 64030373-373001 COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SAN BERNARDINO | 10.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Florida Hospital East Orlando | 10.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Naugatuck Valley Surgical Center | 10.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Memphis 4550 | 603 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Akebono Brake Clarksville | 602 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Edwards Oil Company Inc. | 604 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 371 | 604 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC | 1,659 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DENSO Manufacturing Athens, TN INC | 1,638 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Adient Athens | 540 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Adient | 505 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Aegis of Kirkland | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Poly Lift | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cook Hill Elementary school | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 401 Grumman Road | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Gulfspan Industrial, LLC | 603 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 603 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sanderson Farms Hazlehurst Processing | 603 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PayneCrest Electric | 603 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.