WellStar Kennestone Hospital
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MARIETTA, GA | Hospitals, general medical and surgical
~5,581 avg employees | 9 years of OSHA data
WellStar Kennestone Hospital has an average TCR of 5.3, which is 71% of the industry average (7.5) for Hospitals, general medical and surgical. This is better than average.
Safety Insights for WellStar Kennestone Hospital
WellStar Kennestone Hospital operates an establishment with approximately 5,581 full-time equivalent workers in MARIETTA, GA, classified under the Hospitals, general medical and surgical industry (NAICS 622110). Across 9 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 2,012 recordable injuries, 104 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 5.3 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the B letter grade (Good Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 7.5 for Hospitals, general medical and surgical, WellStar Kennestone Hospital's workforce experiences 71% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 9 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating WellStar Kennestone Hospital as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from WellStar Kennestone Hospital's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
80 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 9,150,131 hours worked = 1.75 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| WellStar Kennestone Hospital (this establishment) | 5.35 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 9-year avg |
| Hospitals, general medical and surgical industry avg | 7.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 622110 |
| Georgia state avg (all industries) | 17.39 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by WellStar Kennestone Hospital to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 318 reportable incidents · 318 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 215 reportable incidents · 215 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 219 reportable incidents · 218 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 187 reportable incidents · 181 injuries, 6 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 363 reportable incidents · 266 injuries, 97 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 252 reportable incidents · 252 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 194 reportable incidents · 194 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 179 reportable incidents · 179 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 189 reportable incidents · 189 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.0 | 1.8 | 318 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 215 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 218 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 181 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.8 | 4.7 | 266 | 97 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.5 | 2.2 | 252 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 194 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 179 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 189 | 0 | 0 |
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