General Medical and Surgical Hospitals · Pennsylvania
UPMC Mercy
Pittsburgh, PA · ~2,803 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 7.4
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
UPMC Mercy runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General Medical and Surgical Hospitals workplace, earning a grade C.
UPMC Mercy: 7.4 TCR = 99% of General Medical and Surgical Hospitals BLS 7.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
UPMC Mercy safety composite
UPMC Mercy scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.42 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.1 per 100 workers
Safer than 65% 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
UPMC Mercy: 4.3 → 5.8 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 23.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.15× in 2024
UPMC Mercy's TCR rose 1.5 from 4.3 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 23.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Pittsburgh, PA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade C · TCR 7.4 · 99% of ind
- DART 1.1 DART
- RANK #205/262
- PHOTO Norton Hospital NOR
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 1,028 inj
- SIZE ~2,803 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Norton Hospital NOR (0.0 TCR gap)
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UPMC Mercy in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
UPMC Mercy
7.4 TCR
- Norton Hospita
Norton Hospital NOR
7.4 TCR
- Little Falls
Little Falls
7.4 TCR
- Hospital Campu
Hospital Campus
7.4 TCR
- Baptist Health
Baptist Health Medical Center - Conway
7.4 TCR
What this shows UPMC Mercy averages 7.4 TCR (99% of the General Medical and Surgical Hospitals BLS benchmark).
UPMC Mercy TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=8.5 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=23.3 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 7.5
Where UPMC Mercy falls in its industry
6,862 General Medical and Surgical H establishmentsSafer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #205 safest of 262 General Medical and Surgical H employers in Pennsylvania.
UPMC Mercy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.8 | 1.1 | 106 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 23.3 | 5.6 | 113 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 102 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 137 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 92 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 114 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.5 | 3.1 | 174 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · PA · Pittsburgh
6,862 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,170 employers in Pittsburgh, PA · 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 | Norton Hospital NOR | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Little Falls | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hospital Campus | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Baptist Health Medical Center - Conway | 7.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg PA | 2,769 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tobyhanna Army Depot | 2,759 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gentex Corporation - Carbondale | 2,746 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Elwyn PA | 2,860 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | United States Steel COrporation | 15,229 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Pittsburgh- Oakland | 14,135 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (PUH) | 13,900 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Pittsburgh-Oakland | 13,208 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Gomaco Corporation Plant #1 | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | RET-SRE Store 21 | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CLARO / PRT - Aguadilla CO (Cuesta Vieja) | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | At Home Stores #143 | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Amgen USA (Sales - Flex workers) | 2,803 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Southside Hospital | 2,803 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital | 2,805 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Waterloo Pork Plant | 2,801 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.