712130 Zoos and Botanical Gardens · Nebraska

Lee G Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari

Ashland, NE · ~31 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lee G Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari runs at 223% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical 712130 Zoos and Botanical Gardens workplace, earning a grade F.

Lee G Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari: 6.9 TCR = 223% of 712130 Zoos and Botanical Gardens BLS 3.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lee G Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari safety composite

Lee G Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).

D

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

Lee G Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari: 4.0 → 8.7 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 8.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.26× in 2022

Lee G Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari's TCR rose 4.7 from 4.0 in 2018 to 8.7 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Ashland, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 223% of ind

  • DART 8.7 DART
  • RANK P45
  • PHOTO Fairchild Tropical B…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lee G Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lee G Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari averages 6.9 TCR (223% of the 712130 Zoos and Botanical Gardens BLS benchmark).

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

Lee G Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari TCR series: 2018=4 · 2019=8.1 · 2022=8.7 · BLS 3.1

Where Lee G Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari falls in its industry

174 712130 Zoos and Botanical Gard establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Lee G Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari (31 employees, TCR 6.9) 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 Lee G Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari
Lee G Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari (31 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Lee G Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari has fewer employees than the 712130 Zoos and Botanical Gardens 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
2022 8.7 8.7 2 0 0
2019 8.1 4.0 2 0 0
2018 4.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · NE · Ashland

174 712130 Zoos and Botanical Gardens employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 5 employers in Ashland, NE · 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 Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Seattle Center 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Akron Zoological Park 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Florida Aquarium 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE CSS Farms, LLC Minden, NE 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE CSS Farms - Minden 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elkhorn River Farms 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oshkosh Heifer Development 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Azria Health Ashland 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3787 NO FRILLS (ASHLAND, NE) 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR LEE'S FORD INC DBA LEE SAPP FORD 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raikes Farm 22 FTE
NAT-TCR North Metro Community Services Westminster 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-ABS-0029-0028-00357 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 1550 - Blue Ash 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-NAI-0033-0033-00113 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Industrial Tectonics Inc 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE PSSI - 0811 Prestage Foods - St Pauls 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lundgren Management 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE PSSI - 0418 Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. - Wichita 31 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, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.