Zoos and Botanical Gardens · Idaho

Chicago Botanic Garden

Glencoe, ID · ~527 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chicago Botanic Garden runs at 189% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Zoos and Botanical Gardens workplace, earning a grade D.

Chicago Botanic Garden: 5.9 TCR = 189% of Zoos and Botanical Gardens BLS 3.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago Botanic Garden safety composite

Chicago Botanic Garden scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

Chicago Botanic Garden: 3.6 → 8.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 8.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.18× in 2024

Chicago Botanic Garden's TCR rose 4.5 from 3.6 in 2021 to 8.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Glencoe, ID ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 189% of ind

  • DART 6.9 DART
  • RANK P56
  • PHOTO Oregon Coast Aquarium
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~527 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oregon Coast Aquarium (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago Botanic Garden in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chicago Botanic Garden averages 5.9 TCR (189% of the Zoos and Botanical Gardens BLS benchmark).

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

Chicago Botanic Garden TCR series: 2021=3.6 · 2024=8.1 · BLS 3.1

Where Chicago Botanic Garden falls in its industry

174 Zoos and Botanical Gardens establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Chicago Botanic Garden (527 employees, TCR 5.9) 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 Chicago Botanic Garden
Chicago Botanic Garden (527 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Chicago Botanic Garden has more employees than the Zoos and Botanical 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
2024 8.1 6.9 30 3 0
2021 3.6 3.1 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · ID · Glencoe

174 Zoos and Botanical Gardens employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,774 rated employers in Idaho with headcount on file · 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 Oregon Coast Aquarium 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Connecticut Zoological Society 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc. 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aquarium-Denver 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE SEL: Lewiston, ID 525 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Floors 523 FTE
STATE-SIZE McCain Foods Plant #1 534 FTE
STATE-SIZE FG Idaho Plant - Caldwell 519 FTE
NAT-TCR 200 South I 27 Plainview Tx 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR ARIA of Waukesha 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Raley's 249-Chico 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Raley's 328-Ukiah 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cartersville Brewery 527 FTE
NAT-SIZE Undersea Sensor Systems Inc 527 FTE
NAT-SIZE Williamsburg Brewery 527 FTE
NAT-SIZE Va. Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services 527 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.