Gardens, zoological or botanical · Indiana

Indianapolis Zoo

Indianapolis, IN · ~425 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Indianapolis Zoo runs at 290% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Gardens, zoological or botanical workplace, earning a grade F.

Indianapolis Zoo: 9.0 TCR = 290% of Gardens, zoological or botanical BLS 3.1 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Indianapolis Zoo safety composite

Indianapolis Zoo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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 8.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

−0.8

2016→2021

Indianapolis Zoo injury rate improved

Indianapolis Zoo's TCR fell 0.8 from 10.5 in 2016 to 9.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.5 · 2017=7.1 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=9.0 · 2021=9.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Indianapolis, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 290% of ind

  • DART 7.0 DART
  • RANK P29
  • PHOTO Fort Worth Zoologica…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 118 inj
  • SIZE ~425 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fort Worth Zoological Association (0.1 TCR gap)

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Indianapolis Zoo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Indianapolis Zoo averages 9.0 TCR (290% of the Gardens, zoological or botanical BLS benchmark).

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

Indianapolis Zoo TCR series: 2016=10.5 · 2017=7.1 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=9 · 2021=9.7 · BLS 3.1

Where Indianapolis Zoo falls in its industry

174 Gardens, zoological or botanic establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Indianapolis Zoo (425 employees, TCR 9.0) 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 Indianapolis Zoo
Indianapolis Zoo (425 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Indianapolis Zoo has more employees than the Gardens, zoological or botanical median and a higher 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
2021 9.7 7.0 21 8 0
2020 9.0 4.7 25 2 0
2019 8.8 5.2 23 4 0
2017 7.1 1.5 19 0 0
2016 10.5 1.1 30 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · IN · Indianapolis

174 Gardens, zoological or botanical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 2,074 employers in Indianapolis, 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 Fort Worth Zoological Association 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro- Oregon Zoo 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Utah Zoological Society 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zoological Society of Buffalo 9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cook Polymer Technology 425 FTE
STATE-SIZE HONEYWELL AEROSPACE 425 FTE
STATE-SIZE Flaherty & Collins Inc 425 FTE
STATE-SIZE IEA-C 424 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indiana University Health, Inc 7,874 FTE
CITY-NEAR Methodist Hospital 6,862 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eli Lilly - Lilly Corp Center 6,482 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lilly Technology Center 6,472 FTE
NAT-TCR American Metal Processing Co. 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Oak Hills Living Center 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Touchmark at All Saints LLC 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 0188 - Perimeter Ga Whse 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Little Falls Public School District 425 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main Electric Supply Company 425 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clean Energy 425 FTE
NAT-SIZE D Construction, Inc. 425 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.