Animal exhibits, live · Michigan

Binder Park Zoological Society, Inc

Battle Creek, MI · ~125 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.2
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Binder Park Zoological Society, Inc runs at 360% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Animal exhibits, live workplace, earning a grade F.

Binder Park Zoological Society, Inc: 11.2 TCR = 360% of Animal exhibits, live BLS 3.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Binder Park Zoological Society, Inc safety composite

Binder Park Zoological Society, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

Binder Park Zoological Society, Inc: 9.2 → 11.3 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 13.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.01× in 2024

Binder Park Zoological Society, Inc's TCR rose 2.1 from 9.2 in 2022 to 11.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 13.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Battle Creek, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 11.2 · 360% of ind

  • DART 11.3 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO Boyce Thompson South…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~125 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Binder Park Zoological Society, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Binder Park Zoological Society, Inc averages 11.2 TCR (360% of the Animal exhibits, live BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Binder Park Zoological Society, Inc TCR series: 2022=9.2 · 2023=13.1 · 2024=11.3 · BLS 3.1

Where Binder Park Zoological Society, Inc falls in its industry

174 Animal exhibits, live establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Animal exhibits, live employers in Michigan.

Binder Park Zoological Society, Inc (125 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8 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 05001,0001,500 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Binder Park Zoological Society, Inc
Binder Park Zoological Society, Inc (125 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Binder Park Zoological Society, Inc has fewer employees than the Animal exhibits, live median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.8. 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 11.3 11.3 7 1 0
2023 13.1 8.7 9 0 0
2022 9.2 7.6 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · MI · Battle Creek

174 Animal exhibits, live employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 161 employers in Battle Creek, MI · 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 Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum, Inc. 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Santa Barbara Zoo 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zoo 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chicago Horticultural Society 11.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2552-Constantine, MI (Monsanto Co.) 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dan E Karn 1&2 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE PHRG DET 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE DeMaria 125 FTE
CITY-NEAR Denso Manufacturing of Michigan 2,702 FTE
CITY-NEAR BRONSON BATTLE CREEK 1,530 FTE
CITY-NEAR Battle Creek HQ Corporate Office 1,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR I I Stanley Co., Inc. 729 FTE
NAT-TCR Alden Gardens of Waterford 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sun Retreats Seashore 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mercedes-Benz U.S. Plant** 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Palihouse Santa Barbara 11.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bull Moose Tube 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Denali Center 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Youngstown 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE B-TEK Scales, LLC. 125 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, 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.