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Houston Arboretum & Nature Center

Houston, TX · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Houston Arboretum & Nature Center runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Zoos and Botanical GardensZoos and Botanical Gardens workplace, earning a grade B.

Houston Arboretum & Nature Center: 1.9 TCR = 60% of Zoos and Botanical GardensZoos and Botanical Gardens BLS 3.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Houston Arboretum & Nature Center safety composite

Houston Arboretum & Nature Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

Houston Arboretum & Nature Center: 0.0 → 3.7 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2.01× in 2022

Houston Arboretum & Nature Center's TCR rose 3.7 from 0.0 in 2020 to 3.7 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 2.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 60% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #1/10
  • PHOTO Fort Wayne Zoologica…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fort Wayne Zoological Society, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Houston Arboretum & Nature Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Houston Arboretum & Nature Center averages 1.9 TCR (60% of the Zoos and Botanical GardensZoos and Botanical Gardens BLS benchmark).

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

Houston Arboretum & Nature Center TCR series: 2020=0 · 2022=3.7 · BLS 3.1

Where Houston Arboretum & Nature Center falls in its industry

174 Zoos and Botanical GardensZoos establishments

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

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 10 Zoos and Botanical GardensZoos employers in Texas.

Houston Arboretum & Nature Center (26 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center (26 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Houston Arboretum & Nature Center has fewer employees than the Zoos and Botanical GardensZoos and Botan 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
2022 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · TX · Houston

174 Zoos and Botanical GardensZoos and Botanical Gardens employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 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 Fort Wayne Zoological Society, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roseville LLC 2.0 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
STATE-SIZE Belding Farms 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Friona Industries, L.P. 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keeling Cattle Feeders 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Descanso Dairy, LLC 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR Dickinson Fleet Killdeer Fleet 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Henderson Plant 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Gooch and Housego 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 2967-OH06 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE High Point Admin Unit / Vocational Center 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Supply Chain Center- VEGGA 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tampa FL Ext Doors 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crestwood Transportation, LLC - Wheeling 26 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, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.