Parks (e.g., theme, water), amusement · Virginia

The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium

Virginia Beach, VA · ~38 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.0
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium runs at 356% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Parks (e.g., theme, water), amusement workplace, earning a grade F.

The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium: 11.0 TCR = 356% of Parks (e.g., theme, water), amusement BLS 3.1 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium safety composite

The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% 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%).

The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium held a steady TCR band

The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 43.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=11.7 · 2020=43.7 · 2021=15.5 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 713110 · Virginia Beach, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.0 · 356% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/9
  • PHOTO Dorney Park and Wild…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium averages 11.0 TCR (356% of the Parks (e.g., theme, water), amusement BLS benchmark).

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

The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=11.7 · 2020=43.7 · 2021=15.5 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.1

Where The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium falls in its industry

296 Parks (e.g., theme, water), am establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 9 Parks (e.g., theme, water), am employers in Virginia.

The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium (38 employees, TCR 11.0) 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 The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium
The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium (38 employees, TCR 11.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 6.3

The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium has fewer employees than the Parks (e.g., theme, water), amusement 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 6.4 0.0 1 0 0
2021 15.5 15.5 2 0 0
2020 43.7 43.7 4 0 0
2019 11.7 11.7 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

713110 · VA · Virginia Beach

296 Parks (e.g., theme, water), amusement employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 486 employers in Virginia Beach, VA · 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 Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Discovery Cove 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dollywood's Splash Country 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3311 Capital Boulevard 11.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Glenwood Foods, LLC 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Headquarters 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE 316-NiSource-Lynchburg VA-Serv Ctr 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE SHAH DEVELOPMENT LLC 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Virginia Beach 8,144 FTE
CITY-NEAR Main Office - 01 7,774 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hii - Technical Solutions Division 4,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR STIHL Inc. 2,399 FTE
NAT-TCR Soos Creek Water & Sewer District 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 0278 - Lakeside 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR MHT - Terminal 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1409 11.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ohio Drill and Tool Company 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE McCarthy Masonry and Concrete Inc 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lifesong Hospice 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE WHS Homes, Inc. 38 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.