Zoological gardens · Pennsylvania

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

Pittsburgh, PA · ~141 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Zoological gardens workplace, earning a grade A.

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens: 1.5 TCR = 47% of Zoological gardens BLS 3.1 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens safety composite

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens: 0.0 → 3.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.4 TCR · DART/TCR 2.31× in 2024

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens's TCR rose 3.4 from 0.0 in 2017 to 3.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Pittsburgh, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 47% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #1/9
  • PHOTO RECREATION AND PARKS…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~141 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RECREATION AND PARKS, CABRILLO MARINE AQUARIUM MUSEUM (0.1 TCR gap)

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Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens averages 1.5 TCR (47% of the Zoological gardens BLS benchmark).

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

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0.9 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=1 · 2021=1.1 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 3.1

Where Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens falls in its industry

174 Zoological gardens establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 9 Zoological gardens employers in Pennsylvania.

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (141 employees, TCR 1.5) 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 Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (141 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens has fewer employees than the Zoological 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 3.4 3.4 3 0 0
2021 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2020 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2019 2.4 1.6 3 0 0
2018 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · PA · Pittsburgh

174 Zoological gardens employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,170 employers in Pittsburgh, PA · 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 RECREATION AND PARKS, CABRILLO MARINE AQUARIUM MUSEUM 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Queens Botanical Garden Society Inc 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Garden 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, Inc. 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Henkels & McCoy, Pennsylvania - Blue Bell - Gas Operations 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE James Floor Covering, Inc. 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keystone Natural Holdings Philadelphia 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nature's Way Purewater Systems, Inc. d/b/a USHydrations 141 FTE
CITY-NEAR United States Steel COrporation 15,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh- Oakland 14,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (PUH) 13,900 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh-Oakland 13,208 FTE
NAT-TCR Bryan 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR FACC Solutions, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 01063-01-01-Mt Vernon 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ryan Mechanical, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE A & B Painting, Inc. 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Manor 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brothers Express, Inc 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Halcyon House 141 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.