Theme Park · Florida

Discovery Cove

Orlando, FL · ~958 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.1
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Discovery Cove runs at 359% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Theme Park workplace, earning a grade F.

Discovery Cove: 11.1 TCR = 359% of Theme Park BLS 3.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Discovery Cove safety composite

Discovery Cove scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Discovery Cove: 8.3 → 10.1 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 17.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.82× in 2019

Discovery Cove's TCR rose 1.9 from 8.3 in 2016 to 10.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 17.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 713110 · Orlando, FL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 11.1 · 359% of ind

  • DART 9.2 DART
  • RANK #37/47
  • PHOTO Dorney Park and Wild…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 193 inj
  • SIZE ~958 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom (0.1 TCR gap)

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Discovery Cove in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Discovery Cove averages 11.1 TCR (359% of the Theme Park BLS benchmark).

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

Discovery Cove TCR series: 2016=8.3 · 2017=9.2 · 2018=17 · 2019=10.1 · BLS 3.1

Where Discovery Cove falls in its industry

296 Theme Park establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 47 Theme Park employers in Florida.

Discovery Cove (958 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 6.3 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 010,00020,00030,00040,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Discovery Cove
Discovery Cove (958 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Discovery Cove has more employees than the Theme Park median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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
2019 10.1 9.2 52 0 0
2018 17.0 14.8 44 2 0
2017 9.2 8.4 51 1 0
2016 8.3 7.4 46 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

713110 · FL · Orlando

296 Theme Park employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 1,997 employers in Orlando, FL · 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 Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dollywood's Splash Country 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3311 Capital Boulevard 11.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - JAX3 958 FTE
STATE-SIZE FL0361CV3 957 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 7038 961 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 7023 954 FTE
CITY-NEAR Universal Orlando Resort 20,343 FTE
CITY-NEAR Universal Parks and Resorts : UO 13,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR ADVENTHEALTH ORLANDO 11,412 FTE
CITY-NEAR Florida Hospital Orlando 10,318 FTE
NAT-TCR Jackson County Public Works 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Laurel Depot 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Highland (Txaun) 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Boondocks Fun Center 11.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Titan Global Investigations LLC 958 FTE
NAT-SIZE Millstone Nuc 958 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Mills - Wellston 958 FTE
NAT-SIZE 058101-Santa Clarita Ca P&Dc 958 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.