Zoological gardens · New York

Bronx Zoo

Bronx, NY · ~1,356 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bronx Zoo runs at 202% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Zoological gardens workplace, earning a grade F.

Bronx Zoo: 6.3 TCR = 202% of Zoological gardens BLS 3.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bronx Zoo safety composite

Bronx Zoo scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

Bronx Zoo held a steady TCR band

Bronx Zoo's TCR held near 0.3 from 6.4 in 2016 to 6.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.4 · 2017=5.1 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=6.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Bronx, NY ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 6.3 · 202% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #9/18
  • PHOTO Cosley Zoo
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 243 inj
  • SIZE ~1,356 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cosley Zoo (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bronx Zoo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bronx Zoo averages 6.3 TCR (202% of the Zoological gardens BLS benchmark).

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

Bronx Zoo TCR series: 2016=6.4 · 2017=5.1 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=6.7 · BLS 3.1

Where Bronx Zoo falls in its industry

174 Zoological gardens establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 18 Zoological gardens employers in New York.

Bronx Zoo (1,356 employees, TCR 6.3) 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 Bronx Zoo
Bronx Zoo (1,356 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Bronx Zoo has more employees than the Zoological gardens median and a lower 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
2020 6.7 1.5 59 0 0
2019 6.9 2.6 72 0 0
2017 5.1 2.9 50 1 0
2016 6.4 4.5 62 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · NY · Bronx

174 Zoological gardens employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 536 employers in Bronx, NY · 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 Cosley Zoo 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government - The Louisville Zoo 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Naples Zoo 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arizona Center for Nature Conservation 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rochester 1,356 FTE
STATE-SIZE ThermoFisher Scientific 1,357 FTE
STATE-SIZE RIVERSIDE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC-01 1,357 FTE
STATE-SIZE St. Catherine of Siena Hospital 1,353 FTE
CITY-NEAR BALDOR Bronx 1,450 FTE
CITY-NEAR Legends - New York Yankees 1,422 FTE
CITY-NEAR WCS - Bronx Zoo of New York 1,265 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Plaza Rehab and Nursing Center 1,254 FTE
NAT-TCR 542 - Gaithersburg-Int Branch 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Hydraulics- Pueblo 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR OBrien Steel Service 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR DW Zinser Company, Inc. 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Avon Community School Corporation 1,356 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Offices 1,356 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston Northwest Medical Center 1,357 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eden Medical Center (207-EMC) 1,357 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: 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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