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
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.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.9
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.1
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 38
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Chicago Botanic Garden's OSHA Total Case Rate of 5.9 to the Zoos and Botanical Gardens BLS benchmark of 3.1 (189% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Chicago Botanic Garden's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.1 industry benchmark.
Where Chicago Botanic Garden falls in its industry
177 Zoos and Botanical Gardens establishmentsSafer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.
Trend analysis for Chicago Botanic Garden
Between 2021 and 2024, Chicago Botanic Garden's Total Case Rate worsened from 3.6 to 8.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 126% increase across 3 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2021, at a TCR of 3.6, while 2024 saw the highest rate, at 8.1, a spread of 4.5 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Chicago Botanic Garden recorded 38 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 38 injuries, 3 illnesses shown on this page for Chicago Botanic Garden are sourced from its own 2 years of 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 712130 - Zoos and Botanical Gardens.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
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.
28 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 811,977 hours worked = 6.90 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Botanic Garden (this establishment) | 5.87 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Zoos industry avg | 3.10 | BLS IIF, NAICS 712130 |
| Idaho state avg (all industries) | 6.23 | 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 Chicago Botanic Garden 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: 33 reportable incidents · 30 injuries, 3 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 8 reportable incidents · 8 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 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 30 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Chicago Botanic Garden's reported OSHA injury record versus its Zoos and Botanical Gardens peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 189% of the Zoos and Botanical Gardens benchmark, Chicago Botanic Garden reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Zoos and Botanical Gardens sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.