General medical and surgical hospitals · Connecticut
The William W Backus Hospital
Norwich, CT · ~1,604 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 7.1
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
The William W Backus Hospital runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade C.
The William W Backus Hospital: 7.1 TCR = 95% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
The William W Backus Hospital safety composite
The William W Backus Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% 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
The William W Backus Hospital: 5.3 → 9.3 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 9.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.07× in 2022
The William W Backus Hospital's TCR rose 4.0 from 5.3 in 2016 to 9.3 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Norwich, CT AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade C · TCR 7.1 · 95% of ind
- DART 7.6 DART
- RANK #52/86
- PHOTO Piedmont Newton Hosp…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 436 inj
- SIZE ~1,604 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Piedmont Newton Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)
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The William W Backus Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
The William W Backus Hospital
7.1 TCR
- Piedmont Newto
Piedmont Newton Hospital
7.1 TCR
- Sutter Bay Hos
Sutter Bay Hospitals (30670)
7.1 TCR
- Hackensack Mer
Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center
7.1 TCR
- 2252-00000590
2252-00000590
7.1 TCR
What this shows The William W Backus Hospital averages 7.1 TCR (95% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
The William W Backus Hospital TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=6.6 · 2018=6.4 · 2019=7 · 2020=8.4 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=9.3 · BLS 7.5
Where The William W Backus Hospital falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 86 General medical and surgical h employers in Connecticut.
The William W Backus Hospital has more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.3 | 7.6 | 46 | 74 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.8 | 4.4 | 57 | 28 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.4 | 6.6 | 68 | 35 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.0 | 3.8 | 80 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.4 | 3.7 | 65 | 9 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.6 | 3.3 | 73 | 13 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 47 | 23 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · CT · Norwich
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 63 employers in Norwich, CT · 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 | Piedmont Newton Hospital | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sutter Bay Hospitals (30670) | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 2252-00000590 | 7.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Northeast Medical Group - New Haven | 1,612 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Norwalk Hospital | 1,595 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bozzuto's Inc. | 1,617 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Manchester Memorial Hospital | 1,652 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BACKUS HOSPITAL | 1,819 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Arc Eastern Connecticut | 467 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SNE Southern New England | 329 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Five Star Supermarket of Norwich, Inc. | 255 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 4769-441-Pottery Barn | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Canton Operating - 1037 Marietta Hwy Canton | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fought and Company, Inc | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Esmark Steel | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Polaris Industries | 1,604 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Caoak - Oakland | 1,604 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood | 1,604 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MMC- Marshfield | 1,604 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.