General medical and surgical hospitals · North Carolina
UNC Health Care
Chapel Hill, NC · ~11,237 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 12.6
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
UNC Health Care runs at 168% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade D.
UNC Health Care: 12.6 TCR = 168% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
UNC Health Care safety composite
UNC Health Care scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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 12.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.86 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% 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
UNC Health Care: 4.1 → 7.5 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 41.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.23× in 2022
UNC Health Care's TCR rose 3.4 from 4.1 in 2016 to 7.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 41.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Chapel Hill, NC ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade D · TCR 12.6 · 168% of ind
- DART 2.9 DART
- RANK #172/175
- PHOTO Sutter Senior Care (…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 1,285 inj
- SIZE ~11,237 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Sutter Senior Care (110-8101) (0.0 TCR gap)
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UNC Health Care in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
UNC Health Care
12.6 TCR
- Sutter Senior
Sutter Senior Care (110-8101)
12.6 TCR
- Glencoe Region
Glencoe Regional Health
12.6 TCR
- UW Medical Cen
UW Medical Center Montlake
12.6 TCR
- Sierra Nevada
Sierra Nevada Memorial Miners-Hospital
12.6 TCR
What this shows UNC Health Care averages 12.6 TCR (168% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
UNC Health Care TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=4.9 · 2019=41.4 · 2021=5.2 · 2022=7.5 · BLS 7.5
Where UNC Health Care falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #172 safest of 175 General medical and surgical h employers in North Carolina.
UNC Health Care 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 | 7.5 | 2.9 | 327 | 245 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.2 | 2.1 | 324 | 224 | 0 |
| 2019 | 41.4 | 15.7 | 399 | 275 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 90 | 373 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 145 | 234 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · NC · Chapel Hill
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 104 employers in Chapel Hill, NC · 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 | Sutter Senior Care (110-8101) | 12.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Glencoe Regional Health | 12.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | UW Medical Center Montlake | 12.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sierra Nevada Memorial Miners-Hospital | 12.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Duke University Hospital | 11,048 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NC State University | 11,491 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WFBMC - Winston Campus | 13,298 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Headway Workforce Solutions | 13,936 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 21,973 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Spec Personnel, LLC | 644 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Brookdale chapel hill | 509 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Carolina Meadows | 487 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Clayton OH | 12.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 104955-Wdc-Brookland Sta | 12.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | New England Ice Cream Corp - Wilmington, MA | 12.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Crestwood Behavioral Health | 12.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island | 11,183 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 2636-California.San Jose | 11,308 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 11,345 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Adventhealth Orlando | 11,412 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.