Symphony orchestras · Florida

Florida West Coast Symphony Inc. d/b/a Sarasota Orchestra

Sarasota, FL · ~117 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Florida West Coast Symphony Inc. d/b/a Sarasota Orchestra runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Symphony orchestras workplace, earning a grade D.

Florida West Coast Symphony Inc. d/b/a Sarasota Orchestra: 4.4 TCR = 142% of Symphony orchestras BLS 3.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Florida West Coast Symphony Inc. d/b/a Sarasota Orchestra safety composite

Florida West Coast Symphony Inc. d/b/a Sarasota Orchestra scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−5.9

2016→2018

Florida West Coast Symphony Inc. d/b/a Sarasota Orchestra injury rate improved

Florida West Coast Symphony Inc. d/b/a Sarasota Orchestra's TCR fell 5.9 from 6.9 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.9 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 711130 · Sarasota, FL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 142% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK P13
  • PHOTO San Diego Youth Symp…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~117 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory (0.1 TCR gap)

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Florida West Coast Symphony Inc. d/b/a Sarasota Orchestra in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Florida West Coast Symphony Inc. d/b/a Sarasota Orchestra averages 4.4 TCR (142% of the Symphony orchestras BLS benchmark).

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

Florida West Coast Symphony Inc. d/b/a Sarasota Orchestra TCR series: 2016=6.9 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=1.1 · BLS 3.1

Where Florida West Coast Symphony Inc. d/b/a Sarasota Orchestra falls in its industry

15 Symphony orchestras establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Florida West Coast Symphony Inc. d/b/a Sarasota Orchestra (117 employees, TCR 4.4) among 8 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 2.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate EspersonFlorida West Coast Symphony, Inc.Saint Louis Symphony OrchestraJones HallDallas Symphony Association IncLos Angeles Philharmonic Association24-7 PRODUCTION EVENT SERVICES INCColumbus Symphony OrchestraFlorida West Coast Symphony Inc. d/b/a Sarasota Orchestra
Florida West Coast Symphony Inc. d/b/a Sarasota Orchestra (117 employees, TCR 4.4) among 8 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Florida West Coast Symphony Inc. d/b/a Sarasota Orchestra has fewer employees than the Symphony orchestras median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2018 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2017 5.2 2.1 5 0 0
2016 6.9 4.6 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

711130 · FL · Sarasota

15 Symphony orchestras employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 504 employers in Sarasota, 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 San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Columbus Symphony Orchestra 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Phoenix Symphony 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dallas Symphony Association Inc 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Miami - Central Service Center 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Florida Keys Electric Cooperative 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE HOTEL ATHLETIC CLUB 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mader Southeast 117 FTE
CITY-NEAR Beneva Lakes 3,238 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Butterfly- Lakewood Ranch 2,476 FTE
CITY-NEAR Connexis Physicians 2,476 FTE
CITY-NEAR Treasures Thrift Shop II 2,476 FTE
NAT-TCR Festival Foods 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Philson, Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Simon Roofing and Sheet Metal Corp - Metal 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Compleat Rehab and Sports Therapy 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Co 17 Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc. 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bemis Healthcare Packaging - New London 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tony's Finer Foods-467 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Seepex Inc. 117 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.