Schools, medical · Louisiana

Tulane University-Health Sciences Center

New Orleans, LA · ~2,343 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tulane University-Health Sciences Center runs at 258% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Schools, medical workplace, earning a grade F.

Tulane University-Health Sciences Center: 3.6 TCR = 258% of Schools, medical BLS 1.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tulane University-Health Sciences Center safety composite

Tulane University-Health Sciences Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

Tulane University-Health Sciences Center: 3.3 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.12× in 2018

Tulane University-Health Sciences Center's TCR rose 0.6 from 3.3 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · New Orleans, LA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 3.6 · 258% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO St. Paul TC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 164 inj
  • SIZE ~2,343 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: St. Paul TC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tulane University-Health Sciences Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tulane University-Health Sciences Center averages 3.6 TCR (258% of the Schools, medical BLS benchmark).

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

Tulane University-Health Sciences Center TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=3.7 · 2018=3.9 · BLS 1.4

Where Tulane University-Health Sciences Center falls in its industry

347 Schools, medical establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Schools, medical employers in Louisiana.

Tulane University-Health Sciences Center (2,343 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Tulane University-Health Sciences Center
Tulane University-Health Sciences Center (2,343 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Tulane University-Health Sciences Center has more employees than the Schools, medical median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2018 3.9 0.4 52 9 0
2017 3.7 0.5 58 0 0
2016 3.3 0.3 54 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · LA · New Orleans

347 Schools, medical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 450 employers in New Orleans, LA · 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 St. Paul TC 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Emory Ortho and Spine Hospital 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Augustana University 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Virginia Institute of Marine Science 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Danos LLC 2,357 FTE
STATE-SIZE Triad Electric & Controls, Inc. 2,416 FTE
STATE-SIZE Children's Hospital 2,263 FTE
STATE-SIZE University Health Shreveport 2,424 FTE
CITY-NEAR HARAHAN COKE 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR HARAHAN PACKERS 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR LCMC Health 8,061 FTE
CITY-NEAR HARAHAN 4,395 FTE
NAT-TCR Shopko Hometown #608 (Brillion, WI) 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Meadow Brook - Erie 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Otter Products Salazar 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Lex Rd 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Burtonsville (Mdbur) 2,341 FTE
NAT-SIZE Conservation Legacy 2,341 FTE
NAT-SIZE Honeywell Process Solution Field Operations USA 2,346 FTE
NAT-SIZE North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : LAS2 2,339 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: 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.