General medical and surgical hospitals · Kentucky

The Medical Center at Caverna

Horse Cave, KY · ~88 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
11.5
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Medical Center at Caverna runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade D.

The Medical Center at Caverna: 11.5 TCR = 153% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Medical Center at Caverna safety composite

The Medical Center at Caverna scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

−2.2

2016→2024

The Medical Center at Caverna injury rate improved

The Medical Center at Caverna's TCR fell 2.2 from 5.3 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 45.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.3 · 2017=4.0 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=2.8 · 2022=45.8 · 2023=16.7 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Horse Cave, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 11.5 · 153% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #131/141
  • PHOTO North Carolina Speci…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~88 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: North Carolina Specialty Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Medical Center at Caverna in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Medical Center at Caverna averages 11.5 TCR (153% 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

The Medical Center at Caverna TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=4 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=2.8 · 2022=45.8 · 2023=16.7 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 7.5

Where The Medical Center at Caverna falls in its industry

6,862 General medical and surgical h establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #131 safest of 141 General medical and surgical h employers in Kentucky.

The Medical Center at Caverna (88 employees, TCR 11.5) 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 The Medical Center at Caverna
The Medical Center at Caverna (88 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

The Medical Center at Caverna has fewer employees than the General medical and surgical hospitals 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 3.1 2.1 3 0 0
2023 16.7 14.5 5 10 0
2022 45.8 42.0 4 20 0
2019 2.8 1.4 2 0 0
2018 2.8 1.4 2 0 0
2017 4.0 2.7 3 0 0
2016 5.3 1.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · KY · Horse Cave

6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 9 employers in Horse Cave, KY · 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 North Carolina Specialty Hospital 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SHMC at University District 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2643-26310001-263101 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PIH Health Hospital - Whittier 11.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ranger Steel Inc. 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hill's Electric, LLC 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE USA KY Louisville Bluegrass 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ernie Davis & Sons Mechanical, Inc. 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dart Container Horse Cave 1,450 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dart Container, Inc. of KY 1,424 FTE
CITY-NEAR T. Marzetti Co. -- Horse Cave Drsg 673 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marzetti Company 525 FTE
NAT-TCR FedEx Supply Chain PetSmart NV 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Innovative Construction Group, LLC-Florence, SC 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakefield Veterinary Group - 182 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Piedmont Truss & Lumber, Inc 11.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alliance Visiting Nurses 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wildbiz, Inc. 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Affinity Truck Center Fresno 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mansfield MA Yard 88 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.