Zoos · Illinois

Lincoln Park Zoo

Chicago, IL · ~350 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lincoln Park Zoo runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Zoos workplace, earning a grade D.

Lincoln Park Zoo: 3.8 TCR = 124% of Zoos BLS 3.1 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lincoln Park Zoo safety composite

Lincoln Park Zoo scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

Lincoln Park Zoo: 4.2 → 7.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 7.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.86× in 2024

Lincoln Park Zoo's TCR rose 2.9 from 4.2 in 2016 to 7.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.8 · 124% of ind

  • DART 7.1 DART
  • RANK #1/6
  • PHOTO Zoo and Aquarium
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 89 inj
  • SIZE ~350 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Zoo and Aquarium (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lincoln Park Zoo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lincoln Park Zoo averages 3.8 TCR (124% of the Zoos BLS benchmark).

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

Lincoln Park Zoo TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=3 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=7.1 · BLS 3.1

Where Lincoln Park Zoo falls in its industry

174 Zoos establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 6 Zoos employers in Illinois.

Lincoln Park Zoo (350 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 Lincoln Park Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo (350 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Lincoln Park Zoo has more employees than the Zoos 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 7.1 7.1 18 0 0
2023 7.8 7.8 21 0 0
2022 4.3 4.3 11 0 0
2021 1.7 1.7 4 0 0
2020 1.3 1.3 3 0 0
2019 1.9 1.9 5 0 0
2018 3.2 3.2 9 0 0
2017 3.0 3.0 7 1 0
2016 4.2 3.8 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · IL · Chicago

174 Zoos employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, IL · 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 Zoo and Aquarium 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Aquarium Pier 3 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hayes Commercial, LLC 350 FTE
STATE-SIZE TH Foods, Inc. - Loves Park 350 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kraft Heinz 350 FTE
STATE-SIZE 10643 Lakeview (relo) 350 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR 36A East 36th Street 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hagerstown/HGI-2 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Faulkner Buick GMC 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR DSR Logistics Co. 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Riverside Health and Rehabilation 350 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mentor Corporation Irving 350 FTE
NAT-SIZE FedEx Supply Chain Lima P&G 350 FTE
NAT-SIZE Armstrong World Industries - Marietta Ceiling Plant 350 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.