Animal exhibits, live · Texas
Houston Zoo, Inc.
Houston, TX · ~443 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Houston Zoo, Inc. runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Animal exhibits, live workplace, earning a grade D.
Houston Zoo, Inc.: 4.7 TCR = 151% of Animal exhibits, live BLS 3.1 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Houston Zoo, Inc. safety composite
Houston Zoo, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% 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).
63/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 70% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% 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%).
Houston Zoo, Inc. held a steady TCR band
Houston Zoo, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 3.7 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.7 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=9.5 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=3.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 712130 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 151% of ind
- DART 2.2 DART
- RANK #4/10
- PHOTO WCS - Bronx Zoo of N…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 132 inj
- SIZE ~443 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: WCS - Bronx Zoo of New York (0.1 TCR gap)
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Houston Zoo, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- John G. Shedd
John G. Shedd Aquarium
4.9 TCR
- National Aquar
National Aquarium Animal Care and Rescue Center
4.9 TCR
- WCS - Bronx Zo
WCS - Bronx Zoo of New York
4.8 TCR
- This site
Houston Zoo, Inc.
4.7 TCR
- Huntsville Mad
Huntsville Madison County Botanical Garden Society Inc
4.6 TCR
What this shows Houston Zoo, Inc. averages 4.7 TCR (151% of the Animal exhibits, live BLS benchmark).
Houston Zoo, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=9.5 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.1
Where Houston Zoo, Inc. falls in its industry
174 Animal exhibits, live establishmentsSafer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 10 Animal exhibits, live employers in Texas.
Houston Zoo, Inc. has more employees than the Animal exhibits, live 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 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.5 | 6.7 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
712130 · TX · Houston
174 Animal exhibits, live 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 | WCS - Bronx Zoo of New York | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Huntsville Madison County Botanical Garden Society Inc | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | John G. Shedd Aquarium | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | National Aquarium Animal Care and Rescue Center | 4.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Toyoda Gosei Texas | 443 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Silver Eagle Distributors, L.P. - San Antonio | 443 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Sewell Family of Companies, Inc | 443 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 5612 | 443 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 | Location 19 | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Coventry Log Homes, Inc. | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gosiger Machine Tools, LLC, Plymouth, MI | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Crown Packaging - Memphis | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Marvin Windows and Doors - Grafton | 443 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Florien Plywood - WP | 443 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amgen Inc. (Cambridge, MA) | 443 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Corporate Headquarters | 443 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.