Hospitals, general medical and surgical · Colorado

The Medical Center of Aurora

Aurora, CO · ~1,593 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
9.1
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Medical Center of Aurora runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade D.

The Medical Center of Aurora: 9.1 TCR = 121% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Medical Center of Aurora safety composite

The Medical Center of Aurora scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

−2.4

2018→2024

The Medical Center of Aurora injury rate improved

The Medical Center of Aurora's TCR fell 2.4 from 10.9 in 2018 to 8.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=10.9 · 2019=9.0 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=10.3 · 2024=8.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Aurora, CO ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 9.1 · 121% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #89/101
  • PHOTO Sturgis Hospital
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 520 inj
  • SIZE ~1,593 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sturgis Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Medical Center of Aurora in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Medical Center of Aurora averages 9.1 TCR (121% of the Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

The Medical Center of Aurora TCR series: 2018=10.9 · 2019=9 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=10.3 · 2024=8.5 · BLS 7.5

Where The Medical Center of Aurora falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #89 safest of 101 Hospitals, general medical and employers in Colorado.

The Medical Center of Aurora (1,593 employees, TCR 9.1) 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 of Aurora
The Medical Center of Aurora (1,593 employees, TCR 9.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

The Medical Center of Aurora 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 8.5 3.1 108 0 0
2023 10.3 4.2 132 2 0
2022 6.6 2.4 87 0 0
2019 9.0 4.8 84 1 0
2018 10.9 5.6 109 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · CO · Aurora

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 497 employers in Aurora, CO · 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 Sturgis Hospital 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Suburban Medical Center 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baptist Medical Center East 9.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Medical Center of Aurora South 1,597 FTE
STATE-SIZE Terumo BCT - Lakewood 1,599 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - DEN5 1,601 FTE
STATE-SIZE 05070001-050712 ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL - EAST 1,603 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital Colorado 6,663 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raytheon_Aurora_CO 2,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR Primoris Renewable Energy 1,695 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon Transportation Services : DEN5 1,484 FTE
NAT-TCR North Park Post-Acute 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Big River - ARCo 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Provident Electric Inc Dept 3 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR King Kullen #53 9.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE IES Residential, Inc. 1,593 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pellissippi State Community College 1,593 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnston Health 1,593 FTE
NAT-SIZE Volvo Group Trucks Operations - Hagerstown, Maryland 1,592 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.