Zoos · Rhode Island

Rhode Island Zoological Society

Providence, RI · ~148 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.7
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rhode Island Zoological Society runs at 410% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Zoos workplace, earning a grade F.

Rhode Island Zoological Society: 12.7 TCR = 410% of Zoos BLS 3.1 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rhode Island Zoological Society safety composite

Rhode Island Zoological Society scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−5.2

2016→2024

Rhode Island Zoological Society injury rate improved

Rhode Island Zoological Society's TCR fell 5.2 from 13.3 in 2016 to 8.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 16.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.3 · 2017=14.2 · 2018=13.8 · 2019=16.4 · 2020=12.6 · 2021=11.4 · 2022=11.6 · 2023=13.3 · 2024=8.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Providence, RI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 12.7 · 410% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK P14
  • PHOTO Queens Zoo
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 102 inj
  • SIZE ~148 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Queens Zoo (0.1 TCR gap)

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Rhode Island Zoological Society in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rhode Island Zoological Society averages 12.7 TCR (410% of the Zoos BLS benchmark).

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

Rhode Island Zoological Society TCR series: 2016=13.3 · 2017=14.2 · 2018=13.8 · 2019=16.4 · 2020=12.6 · 2021=11.4 · 2022=11.6 · 2023=13.3 · 2024=8.1 · BLS 3.1

Where Rhode Island Zoological Society falls in its industry

174 Zoos establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Rhode Island Zoological Society (148 employees, TCR 12.7) 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 Rhode Island Zoological Society
Rhode Island Zoological Society (148 employees, TCR 12.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Rhode Island Zoological Society has fewer employees than the Zoos 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 8.1 5.1 10 1 0
2023 13.3 8.8 14 1 0
2022 11.6 6.7 11 1 0
2021 11.4 2.9 8 0 0
2020 12.6 8.4 8 1 0
2019 16.4 8.9 11 0 0
2018 13.8 8.6 16 0 0
2017 14.2 10.9 12 1 0
2016 13.3 8.8 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · RI · Providence

174 Zoos employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,610 rated employers in Rhode Island with headcount on file · 209 employers in Providence, RI · 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 Queens Zoo 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Chanticleer Foundation 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Deer Tracks Junction, LLC 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center 12.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dave's Fresh Marketplace of Airport Road 148 FTE
STATE-SIZE 100725 148 FTE
STATE-SIZE 29 148 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5472-000004443 149 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rhode Island Hospital 7,817 FTE
CITY-NEAR Point32Health Providence 4,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Miriam Hospital 3,204 FTE
CITY-NEAR Women & Infants Hospital 2,195 FTE
NAT-TCR Division 20 - BBU Huntington 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Federal Bronze Casting Industries, Inc. 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Prairie Construction Company 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR AAA Mountain Waterproofing, LLC 12.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Waco CTS 148 FTE
NAT-SIZE C021 Salisbury 148 FTE
NAT-SIZE Excel Truck Group Chester 148 FTE
NAT-SIZE NAN 148 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, 2017, 2016. 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.