Zoos · Iowa

Blank Park Zoo

Des Moines, IA · ~125 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.5
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blank Park Zoo runs at 307% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Zoos workplace, earning a grade F.

Blank Park Zoo: 9.5 TCR = 307% of Zoos BLS 3.1 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blank Park Zoo safety composite

Blank Park Zoo scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

Blank Park Zoo held a steady TCR band

Blank Park Zoo's TCR held near 0.1 from 11.3 in 2016 to 11.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.3 · 2017=6.5 · 2019=7.8 · 2020=6.9 · 2021=14.5 · 2022=8.1 · 2023=11.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 307% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK P25
  • PHOTO Hi'ipaka
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 59 inj
  • SIZE ~125 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hi'ipaka (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blank Park Zoo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blank Park Zoo averages 9.5 TCR (307% of the Zoos BLS benchmark).

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

Blank Park Zoo TCR series: 2016=11.3 · 2017=6.5 · 2019=7.8 · 2020=6.9 · 2021=14.5 · 2022=8.1 · 2023=11.5 · BLS 3.1

Where Blank Park Zoo falls in its industry

174 Zoos establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Blank Park Zoo (125 employees, TCR 9.5) 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 Blank Park Zoo
Blank Park Zoo (125 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Blank Park Zoo has fewer employees than the Zoos 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
2023 11.5 1.0 12 0 0
2022 8.1 4.0 7 1 0
2021 14.5 4.5 12 1 0
2020 6.9 1.2 6 0 0
2019 7.8 0.0 7 1 0
2017 6.5 1.1 6 0 0
2016 11.3 9.3 9 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · IA · Des Moines

174 Zoos employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 525 employers in Des Moines, IA · 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 Hi'ipaka 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Riverbanks Zoo & Garden 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zoological Society of Buffalo 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Myriad Gardens Foundation 9.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Western Engineering Co., Inc - Company Wide 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE Carl A. Nelson & Company 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE US Gyspum Fort Dodge 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE KPI Concepts- Plant #1 125 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Center 6,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines 4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR MercyOne Des Moines 3,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Methodist Hospital 3,495 FTE
NAT-TCR The Westin Chicago Lombard 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Deer Creek 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Holly Ridge Manor 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Nashua, Nh - 044 9.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Motion Systems : Lincolnshire 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chicago Il Plant 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Utrge - St. George 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midvale #073 125 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.