Botanical gardens · Delaware

Mt. Cuba Center

Hockessin, DE · ~96 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mt. Cuba Center runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Botanical gardens workplace, earning a grade D.

Mt. Cuba Center: 5.2 TCR = 167% of Botanical gardens BLS 3.1 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mt. Cuba Center safety composite

Mt. Cuba Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−2.0

2020→2024

Mt. Cuba Center injury rate improved

Mt. Cuba Center's TCR fell 2.0 from 5.9 in 2020 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=5.9 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=10.2 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Hockessin, DE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 167% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK P64
  • PHOTO The Morton Arboretum
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Morton Arboretum (0.1 TCR gap)

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Mt. Cuba Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mt. Cuba Center averages 5.2 TCR (167% of the Botanical gardens BLS benchmark).

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

Mt. Cuba Center TCR series: 2020=5.9 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=10.2 · 2023=2 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.1

Where Mt. Cuba Center falls in its industry

174 Botanical gardens establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Mt. Cuba Center (96 employees, TCR 5.2) 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 Mt. Cuba Center
Mt. Cuba Center (96 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Mt. Cuba Center has fewer employees than the Botanical gardens 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 3.9 1.3 3 0 0
2023 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2022 10.2 2.5 4 4 0
2021 3.9 0.0 2 0 0
2020 5.9 5.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · DE · Hockessin

174 Botanical gardens employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,487 rated employers in Delaware with headcount on file · 19 employers in Hockessin, DE · 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 The Morton Arboretum 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Toledo Zoo 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR WCS - Central Park Zoo 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minnesota Zoo 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Chesapeake Utilities - Queen Street 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAI-0034-0034-00817 FAC-00817-BEAR-DE 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE DOVER_1361099 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE IRON HILL BREWERY- WILMINGTON 96 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEL0000727 Hockessin Donation Center 1,028 FTE
CITY-NEAR ACTS Retirement-Life Communities - Cokesbury Village 268 FTE
CITY-NEAR Regal Heights Healthcare and Rehab 189 FTE
CITY-NEAR Regal Heights Healthcare 180 FTE
NAT-TCR Oneida Air Systems 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - STX2 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - LEX2 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Accurate Energetic Systems, LLC. 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Muncie Medical Investors, LP 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northfield Parkview 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Verano CPG Maryland 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - New Jersey 96 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. 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.