Botanical gardens · Virginia

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens

Vienna, VA · ~47 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens runs at 228% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Botanical gardens workplace, earning a grade F.

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens: 7.1 TCR = 228% of Botanical gardens BLS 3.1 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens safety composite

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

TCR Δ

−12.0

2018→2024

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens injury rate improved

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens's TCR fell 12.0 from 14.7 in 2018 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 22.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=14.7 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=22.4 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Vienna, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 228% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO CENTER FOR GREAT APES
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CENTER FOR GREAT APES (0.0 TCR gap)

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Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Meadowlark Botanical Gardens averages 7.1 TCR (228% of the Botanical gardens BLS benchmark).

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

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens TCR series: 2018=14.7 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=22.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 3.1

Where Meadowlark Botanical Gardens falls in its industry

174 Botanical gardens establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Botanical gardens employers in Virginia.

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens (47 employees, TCR 7.1) 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 Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
Meadowlark Botanical Gardens (47 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens has fewer employees than the 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
2024 2.7 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 22.4 16.0 7 0 0
2021 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 6.3 3.1 2 0 0
2018 14.7 3.7 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · VA · Vienna

174 Botanical gardens employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 81 employers in Vienna, VA · 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 CENTER FOR GREAT APES 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Florida Aquarium 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Seattle Center 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE BATH CO PW ST 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE RCL 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heritage Contracting LLC 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE TRINITY Group Construction 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southern Management Companies 2,042 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southern Management Corporation 1,864 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate 1,364 FTE
CITY-NEAR BRAVO! FACILITY SERVICES, INC. 608 FTE
NAT-TCR Sun Valley Hauling 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park: Golden Valley 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Maine Mall Store 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Franciscan Health Rensselaer 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Paleteras Unidas Inc 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maxcess - Valley Roller Appleton WI 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stericycle - Fresno,CA 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE HS Ben Eng Sup Team 47 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. 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.