Zoos · Florida

Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc.

Tampa, FL · ~353 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc. runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Zoos workplace, earning a grade D.

Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc.: 5.8 TCR = 186% of Zoos BLS 3.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc. safety composite

Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
C 3 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−0.5

2022→2024

Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc. injury rate improved

Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.5 from 6.2 in 2022 to 5.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.2 · 2023=5.5 · 2024=5.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Tampa, FL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 186% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #2/9
  • PHOTO Arizona-Sonora Deser…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 53 inj
  • SIZE ~353 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Florida employers → · Look up another →

Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc. averages 5.8 TCR (186% of the Zoos BLS benchmark).

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

Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc. TCR series: 2022=6.2 · 2023=5.5 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 3.1

Where Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc. falls in its industry

174 Zoos establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 9 Zoos employers in Florida.

Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc. (353 employees, TCR 5.8) 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 Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc.
Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc. (353 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc. 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 5.7 3.0 19 0 0
2023 5.5 3.8 16 0 0
2022 6.2 4.1 18 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · FL · Tampa

174 Zoos employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 1,659 employers in Tampa, FL · 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 Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tulsa Zoo Management Inc. 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clearwater Marine Aquarium 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chicago Botanic Garden 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Southern Development and Construction 353 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Service Area 353 FTE
STATE-SIZE Broward Mall 758 353 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1032 353 FTE
CITY-NEAR Diversified Maintenance Systems LLC 10,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tampa General Hospital 7,849 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valet Living, LLC 6,337 FTE
CITY-NEAR ST. Joseph's Hospital (5100) 5,540 FTE
NAT-TCR McAllen Transitional Care Center 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sauber Manufacturing Company 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR GROCERY HAULERS, INC Sunbury, PA 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Mission Foods 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital - Bradford 353 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mary's Harvest Fresh Foods 353 FTE
NAT-SIZE Upfield Sourcing US Inc. - New Century 353 FTE
NAT-SIZE Herman Weissker Inc 353 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. 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.