Hospitals, general medical and surgical · Tennessee

University Health System, Inc

Knoxville, TN · ~5,215 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
11.6
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

University Health System, Inc runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade D.

University Health System, Inc: 11.6 TCR = 155% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

University Health System, Inc safety composite

University Health System, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

−11.6

2018→2024

University Health System, Inc injury rate improved

University Health System, Inc's TCR fell 11.6 from 18.0 in 2018 to 6.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 18.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=18.0 · 2020=12.3 · 2021=9.6 · 2024=6.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 11.6 · 155% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #155/157
  • PHOTO Memorial Medical Cen…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1,484 inj
  • SIZE ~5,215 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Memorial Medical Center of East Tx-San Augustine (0.0 TCR gap)

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University Health System, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows University Health System, Inc averages 11.6 TCR (155% 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

University Health System, Inc TCR series: 2018=18 · 2020=12.3 · 2021=9.6 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 7.5

Where University Health System, Inc falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 4% 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 #155 safest of 157 Hospitals, general medical and employers in Tennessee.

University Health System, Inc (5,215 employees, TCR 11.6) 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 University Health System, Inc
University Health System, Inc (5,215 employees, TCR 11.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

University Health System, Inc 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 6.4 1.6 198 80 0
2021 9.6 2.5 374 56 1
2020 12.3 4.6 420 133 0
2018 18.0 3.3 492 96 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · TN · Knoxville

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 747 employers in Knoxville, 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 Memorial Medical Center of East Tx-San Augustine 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2032-08181701 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR NM Amb - Burnett Cty 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR PAM Specialty Hospital of Dayton 11.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Public Sector 5,366 FTE
STATE-SIZE FedEx 3131 DEMOCRAT RD 4,958 FTE
STATE-SIZE JACKSON MADISON COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL 4,844 FTE
STATE-SIZE St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 5,599 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cellular Sales Services Group LLC 6,387 FTE
CITY-NEAR Functional Pathways of TN LLC 2,258 FTE
CITY-NEAR HES Facilities Services K-12 2,157 FTE
CITY-NEAR Therapy Services 1,681 FTE
NAT-TCR Brownlee Lumber, Inc. 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Highland Senior Living 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR SFR Industries 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR District Wide 11.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hospital for Special Surgery 5,195 FTE
NAT-SIZE Orlando Regional Medical Center 5,195 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Motors Corporation 5,241 FTE
NAT-SIZE Micron Boise Site 5,184 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, 2021, 2020, 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.