Other General Government Support · Indiana

Mesker Zoo

Name: Mesker Zoo Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Evansville, IN · ~98 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.1
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Mesker Zoo runs at 284% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Other General Government Support workplace, earning a grade F.

Mesker Zoo: 9.1 TCR = 284% of Other General Government Support BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mesker Zoo safety composite

Mesker Zoo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−7.1

2016→2019

Mesker Zoo injury rate improved

Mesker Zoo's TCR fell 7.1 from 12.6 in 2016 to 5.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.6 · 2019=5.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Evansville, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.1 · 284% of ind

DART 5.5 DART
RANK #35/45
PHOTO City of Kent
BOOK 2y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~98 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Kent (0.0 TCR gap)

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9.1
City of Kent

9.1
City of Olympi

9.1
Town of Avon -

9.1
City of Coon R

9.1

What this shows Mesker Zoo averages 9.1 TCR (284% of the Other General Government Support BLS benchmark).

Mesker Zoo TCR series: 2016=12.6 · 2019=5.5 · BLS 3.2

Where Mesker Zoo falls in its industry

1,496 Other General Government Suppo establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 45 Other General Government Suppo employers in Indiana.

Mesker Zoo (98 employees, TCR 9.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Mesker Zoo has more employees than the Other General Government Support median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2019	5.5	5.5	3	0	0
2016	12.6	12.6	7	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · IN · Evansville

1,496 Other General Government Support employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 489 employers in Evansville, IN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	City of Kent	KENT, WA	9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City of Olympia	OLYMPIA, WA	9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Town of Avon - Town Hall	AVON, CT	9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City of Coon Rapids	COON RAPDIS, MN	9.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Logansport Utilites	LOGANSPORT, IN	98 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pemberton Davis Electric	MISHAWAKA	98 FTE
STATE-SIZE	American Beverage Marketers	NEW ALBANY	98 FTE
STATE-SIZE	House of Fara, Inc	LA PORTE	98 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Deaconess Midtown	Evansville	3,068 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Berry Global - Evansville, IN (Oakley Str.)	Evansville	2,486 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Berry Global	Evansville	2,017 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NBC Merchants, LLC	Evansville	1,859 FTE
NAT-TCR	Red Lion Hotel	Lewiston, ID	9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	F/V Bountiful	Seattle, WA	9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Roger's Gardens Landscaping, LP	Newport Beach, CA	9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Office 83	North Olmsted, OH	9.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Anaheim Ca (Howell St) Depot	Anaheim, CA	98 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pearland Facility	Pearland, TX	98 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Shippers Warehouse-Forney	Dallas, TX	98 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hunter Keystone Peterbilt - Lancaster	Lancasyer, PA	98 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: 2019, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.