Zoological gardens · Ohio

International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animal DBA The Wilds

Cumberland, OH · ~116 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animal DBA The Wilds runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Zoological gardens workplace, earning a grade D.

International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animal DBA The Wilds: 4.9 TCR = 158% of Zoological gardens BLS 3.1 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animal DBA The Wilds safety composite

International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animal DBA The Wilds scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 91% 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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%).

Rising injury rate

International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animal DBA The Wilds: 6.2 → 7.4 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 7.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2020

International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animal DBA The Wilds's TCR rose 1.3 from 6.2 in 2016 to 7.4 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Cumberland, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 158% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/9
  • PHOTO Downtown Aquarium Ho…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~116 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Downtown Aquarium Houston (0.0 TCR gap)

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International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animal DBA The Wilds in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animal DBA The Wilds averages 4.9 TCR (158% of the Zoological gardens BLS benchmark).

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

International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animal DBA The Wilds TCR series: 2016=6.2 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=7.4 · BLS 3.1

Where International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animal DBA The Wilds falls in its industry

174 Zoological gardens establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 9 Zoological gardens employers in Ohio.

International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animal DBA The Wilds (116 employees, TCR 4.9) 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 International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animal DBA The Wilds
International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animal DBA The Wilds (116 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animal DBA The Wilds has fewer employees than the Zoological 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
2020 7.4 0.0 4 1 0
2019 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2018 4.6 1.1 4 0 0
2017 5.2 1.3 4 0 0
2016 6.2 1.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · OH · Cumberland

174 Zoological gardens employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 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 Downtown Aquarium Houston 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR John G. Shedd Aquarium 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Aquarium Animal Care and Rescue Center 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Park Zoo 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE AKRON - EASTWOOD SHOP 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shook Construction Co. - Brecksville 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Strawser Construction Inc. Construction Shop 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Xtreme Elements LLC 116 FTE
NAT-TCR Sauer Group Cape Mechanical 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR AWL Industries, Inc. 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR FirstService Residential Minnesota, Corporate Office 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Board of Retirement 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Crawford Industries - Crawfordsville Headquarters 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tenneco-Elkhart 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE BUF - Ground Ops 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Standard Bent Glass 116 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: 2020, 2019, 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.