Botanical gardens · Colorado

Denver Botanic Gardens, Inc.

Denver, CO · ~321 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Denver Botanic Gardens, Inc. runs at 221% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Botanical gardens workplace, earning a grade F.

Denver Botanic Gardens, Inc.: 6.8 TCR = 221% of Botanical gardens BLS 3.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Denver Botanic Gardens, Inc. safety composite

Denver Botanic Gardens, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

Denver Botanic Gardens, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Denver Botanic Gardens, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.3 from 7.0 in 2023 to 6.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=7.0 · 2024=6.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Denver, CO ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 221% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #4/7
  • PHOTO Akron Zoological Park
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~321 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Akron Zoological Park (0.0 TCR gap)

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Denver Botanic Gardens, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Denver Botanic Gardens, Inc. averages 6.8 TCR (221% of the Botanical gardens BLS benchmark).

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

Denver Botanic Gardens, Inc. TCR series: 2023=7 · 2024=6.7 · BLS 3.1

Where Denver Botanic Gardens, Inc. falls in its industry

174 Botanical gardens establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Botanical gardens employers in Colorado.

Denver Botanic Gardens, Inc. (321 employees, TCR 6.8) 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 Denver Botanic Gardens, Inc.
Denver Botanic Gardens, Inc. (321 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Denver Botanic Gardens, Inc. has more employees than the Botanical gardens 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
2024 6.7 3.7 17 1 0
2023 7.0 4.3 18 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · CO · Denver

174 Botanical gardens employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 1,757 employers in Denver, CO · 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 Akron Zoological Park 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Texas State Aquarium 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dogwood 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 4599 321 FTE
STATE-SIZE RME LTD, LLC DBA Elite Surface Infrastructure 322 FTE
STATE-SIZE Intermountain Electric, Inc. 320 FTE
STATE-SIZE Epiroc USA LLC (Broomfield HQ Office) 322 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEN DEN 9,832 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-DEN 6,769 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEN - Airport United Airlines Offices 5,277 FTE
CITY-NEAR CO-01 4,581 FTE
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn Alexandria 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Quality Ag, Inc. 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fieldale Farms - Lavonia Hatchery 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Inland Tarp Liner- Moses Lake 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE RTI Surgical 321 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pierburg US, LLC 321 FTE
NAT-SIZE Row Nyc 321 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northern Engraving Corporation 321 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, 2023. 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.