Gardens, zoological or botanical · Ohio

The Toledo Zoo

Toledo, OH · ~636 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Toledo Zoo runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Gardens, zoological or botanical workplace, earning a grade D.

The Toledo Zoo: 4.4 TCR = 142% of Gardens, zoological or botanical BLS 3.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Toledo Zoo safety composite

The Toledo Zoo scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

Rising injury rate

The Toledo Zoo: 4.7 → 5.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.09× in 2024

The Toledo Zoo's TCR rose 1.0 from 4.7 in 2021 to 5.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Toledo, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 142% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #3/9
  • PHOTO Butterfly Pavilion &…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 73 inj
  • SIZE ~636 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Butterfly Pavilion & Insect Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Toledo Zoo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Toledo Zoo averages 4.4 TCR (142% of the Gardens, zoological or botanical BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

The Toledo Zoo TCR series: 2021=4.7 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 3.1

Where The Toledo Zoo falls in its industry

174 Gardens, zoological or botanic establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 Gardens, zoological or botanic employers in Ohio.

The Toledo Zoo (636 employees, TCR 4.4) 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 The Toledo Zoo
The Toledo Zoo (636 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

The Toledo Zoo has more employees than the Gardens, zoological or botanical median and a lower 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 5.7 4.8 24 0 0
2023 2.8 1.2 16 0 0
2022 4.3 2.5 19 0 0
2021 4.7 3.4 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · OH · Toledo

174 Gardens, zoological or botanical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 551 employers in Toledo, OH · 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 Butterfly Pavilion & Insect Center 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tennessee Aquarium 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Huntsville Madison County Botanical Garden Society Inc 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Monterey Bay Aquarium 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE ArcelorMittal Tubular Products - Shelby 637 FTE
STATE-SIZE The MacIntosh Company 637 FTE
STATE-SIZE P&G Mfg- Lima Plant 635 FTE
STATE-SIZE Groveport OH Facility 638 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toledo Assembly Complex 5,508 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Toledo Hospital 5,002 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toledo Hospital 4,912 FTE
CITY-NEAR Promedica Downtown Headquarters 3,308 FTE
NAT-TCR Giant Food Stores 6473 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Food Stores 6090 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 3603 University 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 1018 N Oceanside 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 102-PL001 636 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crystal Springs Services, Inc 636 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nautique Boat Company, Inc. 636 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ohio County Healthcare 636 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. 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.