General Medical and Surgical Hospitals · Tennessee

Tnnas178 Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands

Sparta, TN · ~137 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tnnas178 Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General Medical and Surgical Hospitals workplace, earning a grade B.

Tnnas178 Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands: 4.2 TCR = 56% of General Medical and Surgical Hospitals BLS 7.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tnnas178 Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands safety composite

Tnnas178 Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

Tnnas178 Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands: 3.8 → 4.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.44× in 2024

Tnnas178 Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands's TCR rose 0.7 from 3.8 in 2023 to 4.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Sparta, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 4.2 · 56% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #64/157
  • PHOTO Iowa Specialty Hospi…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~137 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Iowa Specialty Hospital Clarion (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tnnas178 Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tnnas178 Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands averages 4.2 TCR (56% 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

Tnnas178 Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands TCR series: 2023=3.8 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 7.5

Where Tnnas178 Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands falls in its industry

6,862 General Medical and Surgical H establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #64 safest of 157 General Medical and Surgical H employers in Tennessee.

Tnnas178 Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands (137 employees, TCR 4.2) 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 Tnnas178 Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Tnnas178 Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands (137 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Tnnas178 Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands has fewer 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 4.5 1.8 5 0 0
2023 3.8 0.9 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · TN · Sparta

6,862 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 33 employers in Sparta, 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 Iowa Specialty Hospital Clarion 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic and Spine Hospital 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stormont Vail Health - Flint Hills Campus 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR OKTUL01 ASCENSION ST. JOHN MEDICAL CENTER 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tele-Optics, Inc 137 FTE
STATE-SIZE VALLEY PACKAGING CORP 137 FTE
STATE-SIZE Delta Foremost Chemical Corporation 137 FTE
STATE-SIZE Printing 137 FTE
CITY-NEAR Life Force Sparta 6,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Altium Packaging - Sparta 396 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tri State Distribution, Inc 360 FTE
CITY-NEAR THK Rhythm North America 275 FTE
NAT-TCR Carter Lumber Door Shop 229 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Iabur - Burlington 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ohwtc - West Chester Distribution Ctr - 11469 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Avery Brewing Company 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE St James Hotel 137 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kingsley Manor 137 FTE
NAT-SIZE 227 Lindell 137 FTE
NAT-SIZE Newly Weds Foods 137 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.