Botanical gardens · Indiana

Fort Wayne Zoological Society, Inc.

Fort Wayne, IN · ~248 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fort Wayne Zoological Society, Inc. runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Botanical gardens workplace, earning a grade B.

Fort Wayne Zoological Society, Inc.: 1.8 TCR = 58% of Botanical gardens BLS 3.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fort Wayne Zoological Society, Inc. safety composite

Fort Wayne Zoological Society, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).

B

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% 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

−1.5

2022→2024

Fort Wayne Zoological Society, Inc. injury rate improved

Fort Wayne Zoological Society, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.5 from 2.1 in 2022 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.1 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Fort Wayne, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 58% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P94
  • PHOTO Houston Arboretum & …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~248 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Houston Arboretum & Nature Center (0.1 TCR gap)

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Fort Wayne Zoological Society, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fort Wayne Zoological Society, Inc. averages 1.8 TCR (58% of the Botanical gardens BLS benchmark).

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

Fort Wayne Zoological Society, Inc. TCR series: 2022=2.1 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 3.1

Where Fort Wayne Zoological Society, Inc. falls in its industry

174 Botanical gardens establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Fort Wayne Zoological Society, Inc. (248 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 Fort Wayne Zoological Society, Inc.
Fort Wayne Zoological Society, Inc. (248 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Fort Wayne Zoological Society, Inc. 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
2024 0.6 0.0 0 1 0
2023 2.7 1.4 4 0 0
2022 2.1 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · IN · Fort Wayne

174 Botanical gardens employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 634 employers in Fort Wayne, IN · 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 Houston Arboretum & Nature Center 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Garden 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roseville LLC 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Southwark Metal Indianapolis Division 248 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meijer Store 137 248 FTE
STATE-SIZE 024-00396 248 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1729 248 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Memorial Hospital 6,096 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview North Hospital 4,648 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Corporate Office 3,312 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shambaugh & Son LP 3,072 FTE
NAT-TCR Gundersen - Sparta Clinic 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR BYK USA Louisville 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR ISE Sturtevant 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Clearwater Construction 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Atlas Machine and Supply Inc. 248 FTE
NAT-SIZE Omni Interlocken Hotel 248 FTE
NAT-SIZE County of Fluvanna 248 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elk Mills 1 248 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, 2022. 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.