Zoological gardens · Florida

Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo

Tampa, FL · ~349 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo runs at 256% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Zoological gardens workplace, earning a grade F.

Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo: 7.9 TCR = 256% of Zoological gardens BLS 3.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo safety composite

Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−0.6

2016→2019

Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo injury rate improved

Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo's TCR fell 0.6 from 9.8 in 2016 to 9.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.8 · 2017=7.4 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=9.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Tampa, FL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 256% of ind

  • DART 6.5 DART
  • RANK #7/9
  • PHOTO Denver Zoo Foundation
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 78 inj
  • SIZE ~349 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Denver Zoo Foundation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo averages 7.9 TCR (256% of the Zoological gardens BLS benchmark).

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

Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo TCR series: 2016=9.8 · 2017=7.4 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=9.2 · BLS 3.1

Where Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo falls in its industry

174 Zoological gardens establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 9 Zoological gardens employers in Florida.

Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo (349 employees, TCR 7.9) 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 Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo
Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo (349 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo has more employees than the Zoological gardens 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
2019 9.2 6.5 24 0 0
2018 5.4 4.2 14 0 0
2017 7.4 5.7 18 0 0
2016 9.8 9.0 22 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · FL · Tampa

174 Zoological gardens employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 1,659 employers in Tampa, FL · 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 Denver Zoo Foundation 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Johnny Morris Wonders of Wildlife 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jardin Botanico y Cultural William Miranda Marin 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zoological Society of Philadelphia 7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE MICHAELS DISTRIBUTION CENTER #7 349 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4260 349 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1219 349 FTE
STATE-SIZE 987 349 FTE
CITY-NEAR Diversified Maintenance Systems LLC 10,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tampa General Hospital 7,849 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valet Living, LLC 6,337 FTE
CITY-NEAR ST. Joseph's Hospital (5100) 5,540 FTE
NAT-TCR Lacrosse Hardwood Flooring 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR University Heights Health & Living 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-Swy 0035 1616 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Tmx1058 - Paragon Products 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Presto Appleton 349 FTE
NAT-SIZE 630 - Boston 349 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corp-Yca-Corporate Office 349 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Mills (Albuquerque) 349 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: 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.