Zoos · Colorado

Denver Zoo Foundation

Denver, CO · ~392 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Denver Zoo Foundation runs at 256% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Zoos workplace, earning a grade F.

Denver Zoo Foundation: 8.0 TCR = 256% of Zoos BLS 3.1 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Denver Zoo Foundation safety composite

Denver Zoo Foundation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

Denver Zoo Foundation: 5.5 → 7.2 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 11.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.69× in 2022

Denver Zoo Foundation's TCR rose 1.6 from 5.5 in 2017 to 7.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.6 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 256% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #5/7
  • PHOTO Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 94 inj
  • SIZE ~392 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo (0.0 TCR gap)

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Denver Zoo Foundation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Denver Zoo Foundation averages 8.0 TCR (256% of the Zoos BLS benchmark).

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

Denver Zoo Foundation TCR series: 2017=5.5 · 2018=7.2 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=11.6 · 2022=7.2 · BLS 3.1

Where Denver Zoo Foundation falls in its industry

174 Zoos establishments

Safer than 34% 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 #5 safest of 7 Zoos employers in Colorado.

Denver Zoo Foundation (392 employees, TCR 8.0) 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 Zoo Foundation
Denver Zoo Foundation (392 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Denver Zoo Foundation has more employees than the Zoos 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
2022 7.2 5.5 23 3 0
2021 11.6 8.3 30 2 0
2020 8.2 5.7 23 0 0
2018 7.2 4.2 0 24 0
2017 5.5 2.5 18 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · CO · Denver

174 Zoos 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 Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Johnny Morris Wonders of Wildlife 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jardin Botanico y Cultural William Miranda Marin 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zoological Society of Philadelphia 7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Woodward Inc. - Drake Facility 392 FTE
STATE-SIZE Frontier Airlines - Miami Base 392 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rail Events Production Inc 392 FTE
STATE-SIZE 16005 393 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 Pioneer Health and Rehab 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Homeport 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 542689-Enu-Carrier Anx 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 408288-the Dalles Po 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4186-DC14 392 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4513 Tacoma Mill 392 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bruckner Blvd Operations Center 392 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wegmans Great Northern 035 392 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017. 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.