Botanical gardens · Texas

Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden

Name: Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Dallas, TX · ~285 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.3
Avg TCR: 3.1
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Botanical gardens workplace, earning a grade C.

Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden: 3.3 TCR = 107% of Botanical gardens BLS 3.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden safety composite

Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% 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).

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.6

2016→2018

Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden injury rate improved

Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden's TCR fell 1.6 from 4.1 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.1 · 2018=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Dallas, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 107% of ind

DART 2.5 DART
RANK #3/10
PHOTO Cleveland Botanical …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~285 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cleveland Botanical Garden (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.3
Cleveland Bota

3.3
Seattle Aquari

3.3
New England Aq

3.3
OHP

3.2

What this shows Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden averages 3.3 TCR (107% of the Botanical gardens BLS benchmark).

Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2018=2.5 · BLS 3.1

Where Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden falls in its industry

174 Botanical gardens establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 10 Botanical gardens employers in Texas.

Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden (285 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden has more employees than the 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
2018	2.5	2.5	5	0	0
2016	4.1	3.5	5	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · TX · Dallas

174 Botanical gardens employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 2,187 employers in Dallas, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Cleveland Botanical Garden	CLEVELAND, OH	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Seattle Aquarium	SEATTLE, WA	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	New England Aquarium	BOSTON, MA	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	OHP	SPRINGFIELD, MO	3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Cash Construction Company	PFLUGERVILLE	285 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BrandSafway, LLC - Shell Refinery - Deer Park	DEER PARK	285 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Excel Manufacturing	EL PASO	285 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corpus Christi LNG, LLC	GREGORY	285 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AECOM DCS (US Operations)	Dallas	15,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rexel USA, Inc	Dallas	8,356 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1 CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER OF DALLAS	Dallas	6,147 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HDQ - Headquarters	Dallas	5,764 FTE
NAT-TCR	659 Monroe ROC	Monroe, NC	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Williams Civil Construction	Bozeman, MT	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	N and R of Bloomfield LLC	Bloomfield, MO	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	RailWorks Transit 2nd Avenue	New York, NY	3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	E. E. Cruz & Company, Inc.	New York, NY	285 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Plant 80	Dalton, GA	285 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Flavorchem Downers Grove	Downers Grove, IL	285 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc.	Liberty, NC	285 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: 2018, 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.