Animal exhibits, live · Maryland

National Aquarium Pier 3

Baltimore, MD · ~231 workers · 4 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

National Aquarium Pier 3 runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Animal exhibits, live workplace, earning a grade D.

National Aquarium Pier 3: 3.8 TCR = 122% of Animal exhibits, live BLS 3.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

National Aquarium Pier 3 safety composite

National Aquarium Pier 3 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−1810.5

2021→2024

National Aquarium Pier 3 injury rate improved

National Aquarium Pier 3's TCR fell 1810.5 from 1814.1 in 2021 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1814.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1814.1 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Baltimore, MD ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.8 · 122% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #4/6
  • PHOTO Lincoln Park Zoo
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~231 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lincoln Park Zoo (0.1 TCR gap)

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National Aquarium Pier 3 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows National Aquarium Pier 3 averages 3.8 TCR (122% of the Animal exhibits, live BLS benchmark).

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

National Aquarium Pier 3 TCR series: 2021=1814.1 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.1

Where National Aquarium Pier 3 falls in its industry

174 Animal exhibits, live establishments

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

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Animal exhibits, live employers in Maryland.

National Aquarium Pier 3 (231 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 National Aquarium Pier 3
National Aquarium Pier 3 (231 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

National Aquarium Pier 3 has more employees than the Animal exhibits, live 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 3.6 1.0 7 0 0
2023 3.4 1.1 6 0 0
2022 4.4 2.2 8 0 0
2021 1814.1 907.0 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · MD · Baltimore

174 Animal exhibits, live employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 1,031 employers in Baltimore, MD · 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 Lincoln Park Zoo 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zoo and Aquarium 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Seneca Park Zoo Society 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE 24-077530758-0 231 FTE
STATE-SIZE 106425 231 FTE
STATE-SIZE DC: Hagerstown, MD 231 FTE
STATE-SIZE Citizens Care and Rehabilitation Center 231 FTE
CITY-NEAR Johns Hopkins Hospital 12,523 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Maryland Medical Center 7,980 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sinai Hospital of Baltimore 7,770 FTE
CITY-NEAR NGMS-T340 6,180 FTE
NAT-TCR Hardinger South 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Wood River, IL Lab 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 5813 - San Antonio 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Germantown Campus 231 FTE
NAT-SIZE Daehan Solution Georgia 231 FTE
NAT-SIZE 147 - West Chester 231 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Two Toyota of Chandler 231 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. 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.