Aquariums · Texas

Texas State Aquarium

Corpus Christi, TX · ~215 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Texas State Aquarium runs at 220% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Aquariums workplace, earning a grade F.

Texas State Aquarium: 6.8 TCR = 220% of Aquariums BLS 3.1 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Texas State Aquarium safety composite

Texas State Aquarium scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−3.4

2016→2024

Texas State Aquarium injury rate improved

Texas State Aquarium's TCR fell 3.4 from 10.4 in 2016 to 7.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.4 · 2017=9.3 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=9.7 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=7.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Corpus Christi, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 220% of ind

  • DART 7.0 DART
  • RANK #7/10
  • PHOTO Denver Botanic Garde…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 89 inj
  • SIZE ~215 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Denver Botanic Gardens, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Texas State Aquarium in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Texas State Aquarium averages 6.8 TCR (220% of the Aquariums BLS benchmark).

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

Texas State Aquarium TCR series: 2016=10.4 · 2017=9.3 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=9.7 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=7 · BLS 3.1

Where Texas State Aquarium falls in its industry

174 Aquariums establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 10 Aquariums employers in Texas.

Texas State Aquarium (215 employees, TCR 6.8) 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 Texas State Aquarium
Texas State Aquarium (215 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Texas State Aquarium has more employees than the Aquariums 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 7.0 7.0 8 1 0
2023 4.5 4.5 6 0 0
2022 7.7 7.7 10 0 0
2021 7.3 5.8 10 0 0
2020 3.4 3.4 5 0 0
2019 9.7 9.7 15 2 0
2018 2.2 1.7 4 0 0
2017 9.3 8.2 17 0 0
2016 10.4 3.3 14 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · TX · Corpus Christi

174 Aquariums employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 553 employers in Corpus Christi, TX · 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 Botanic Gardens, Inc. 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dogwood 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Akron Zoological Park 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc. 215 FTE
STATE-SIZE Parkway Construction 215 FTE
STATE-SIZE GG&S Construction Company 215 FTE
STATE-SIZE Civil Mechanical Inc 215 FTE
CITY-NEAR TX Corpus Christi 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR Driscoll Health Systems 2,730 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bay Ltd. 2,536 FTE
CITY-NEAR Driscoll Children's Hospital 2,490 FTE
NAT-TCR Presque Isle Electric & Gas Coop 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Adm Corp Center 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Utah 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Public Works Agency 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Escoe Industrial Contractors 215 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spirit Construction, Inc. 215 FTE
NAT-SIZE Malabs Headquarters 215 FTE
NAT-SIZE O.C. Jones & Sons, Inc. 215 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.