General medical and surgical hospitals · Kentucky

University of Louisville Hospital

Louisville, KY · ~3,287 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

University of Louisville Hospital runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade B.

University of Louisville Hospital: 5.0 TCR = 67% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

University of Louisville Hospital safety composite

University of Louisville Hospital scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.5

2016→2023

University of Louisville Hospital injury rate improved

University of Louisville Hospital's TCR fell 2.5 from 5.8 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.8 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Louisville, KY AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 5.0 · 67% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #52/141
  • PHOTO Mount Carmel East Ho…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 619 inj
  • SIZE ~3,287 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mount Carmel East Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)

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University of Louisville Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows University of Louisville Hospital averages 5.0 TCR (67% 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

University of Louisville Hospital TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=3.3 · BLS 7.5

Where University of Louisville Hospital falls in its industry

6,862 General medical and surgical h establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 141 General medical and surgical h employers in Kentucky.

University of Louisville Hospital (3,287 employees, TCR 5.0) 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 of Louisville Hospital
University of Louisville Hospital (3,287 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

University of Louisville Hospital has more 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
2023 3.3 1.1 82 0 0
2022 3.8 1.2 95 1 0
2021 5.8 2.9 102 34 0
2020 8.1 5.6 103 145 0
2019 3.6 1.2 139 0 0
2016 5.8 2.5 98 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · KY · Louisville

6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, KY · 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 Mount Carmel East Hospital 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Melbourne G.I. Center 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 42200001-422002 ST JOSEPH REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lincolnhealth/St.Andrews 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Baptist Hospital East 3,280 FTE
STATE-SIZE Baptist Hospital Louisville 3,428 FTE
STATE-SIZE CVG RO 3,576 FTE
STATE-SIZE Flowers Bakery of London, LLC 2,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jefferson County Public Schools 18,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYGRA - WORLDPORT 11,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR WORLDPORT (KYGRA) 9,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR KTKY TRUCK 8,757 FTE
NAT-TCR Ihop 3387 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 2819 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Famoso Nut Company, LLC 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Community Services Group 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Janssen Pharmaceuticals Raritan 3,286 FTE
NAT-SIZE SHMC at Riverbend 3,288 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kokomo Transmission Plant 3,289 FTE
NAT-SIZE Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital 3,289 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.