Employer · California

SeaWorld (SWC)

San Diego, CA · ~2,128 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.0
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SeaWorld (SWC) runs at 450% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.

SeaWorld (SWC): 14.0 TCR = 450% of industry BLS 3.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SeaWorld (SWC) safety composite

SeaWorld (SWC) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 13.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

SeaWorld (SWC): 12.7 → 15.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 15.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.94× in 2023

SeaWorld (SWC)'s TCR rose 2.5 from 12.7 in 2021 to 15.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 713110 · San Diego, CA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 14.0 · 450% of ind

  • DART 13.2 DART
  • RANK #28/30
  • PHOTO Frankie's Fun Park o…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 285 inj
  • SIZE ~2,128 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Frankie's Fun Park of Charleston, LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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SeaWorld (SWC) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SeaWorld (SWC) averages 14.0 TCR (450% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

SeaWorld (SWC) TCR series: 2021=12.7 · 2023=15.2 · BLS 3.1

Where SeaWorld (SWC) falls in its industry

296 industry establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 30 industry employers in California.

SeaWorld (SWC) (2,128 employees, TCR 14.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 6.3 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 010,00020,00030,00040,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate SeaWorld (SWC)
SeaWorld (SWC) (2,128 employees, TCR 14.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 6.3

SeaWorld (SWC) has more employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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
2023 15.2 13.2 184 3 0
2021 12.7 10.2 101 19 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

713110 · CA · San Diego

296 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,979 employers in San Diego, CA · 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 Frankie's Fun Park of Charleston, LLC 14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Discovery Cove (DCO) 14.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sky Oaks LLC 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown 14.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Paragon Personnel 2,129 FTE
STATE-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 612 2,127 FTE
STATE-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 614 2,127 FTE
STATE-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 616 2,127 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC San Diego Health 9,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Atomics 8,108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health Human Services Agency 6,080 FTE
CITY-NEAR National University 4,955 FTE
NAT-TCR Rogers Subaru, LLC 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Exton (Chester Springs) 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bashas 040 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR HG574 14.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 700 Cooper 2,129 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Pinellas Care Center 2,130 FTE
NAT-SIZE EPIC Tampa 2,130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mid Pinellas Care Center 2,130 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: 2023, 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.