Zoological Gardens · New York

WCS - Bronx Zoo of New York

Bronx, NY · ~1,265 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

WCS - Bronx Zoo of New York runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Zoological Gardens workplace, earning a grade D.

WCS - Bronx Zoo of New York: 4.8 TCR = 154% of Zoological Gardens BLS 3.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WCS - Bronx Zoo of New York safety composite

WCS - Bronx Zoo of New York scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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%).

WCS - Bronx Zoo of New York held a steady TCR band

WCS - Bronx Zoo of New York's TCR held near 0.1 from 6.2 in 2021 to 6.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=6.2 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Bronx, NY ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 154% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #5/18
  • PHOTO Houston Zoo, Inc.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 188 inj
  • SIZE ~1,265 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Houston Zoo, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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WCS - Bronx Zoo of New York in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WCS - Bronx Zoo of New York averages 4.8 TCR (154% of the Zoological Gardens BLS benchmark).

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

WCS - Bronx Zoo of New York TCR series: 2021=6.2 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 3.1

Where WCS - Bronx Zoo of New York falls in its industry

174 Zoological Gardens establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 18 Zoological Gardens employers in New York.

WCS - Bronx Zoo of New York (1,265 employees, TCR 4.8) 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 WCS - Bronx Zoo of New York
WCS - Bronx Zoo of New York (1,265 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

WCS - Bronx Zoo of New York has more employees than the Zoological Gardens 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 6.3 1.9 66 4 0
2023 2.5 2.4 25 0 0
2022 4.1 3.9 37 0 1
2021 6.2 1.8 60 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · NY · Bronx

174 Zoological Gardens employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 536 employers in Bronx, NY · 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 Houston Zoo, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR John G. Shedd Aquarium 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Aquarium Animal Care and Rescue Center 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Park Zoo 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 0579 - Wilton DC 1,265 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plainview Hospital 1,265 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Arc Jefferson-St Lawrence NY 1,264 FTE
STATE-SIZE 350185-NEW YORK INTL SVC CTR 1,270 FTE
CITY-NEAR BALDOR Bronx 1,450 FTE
CITY-NEAR Legends - New York Yankees 1,422 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bronx Zoo 1,356 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Plaza Rehab and Nursing Center 1,254 FTE
NAT-TCR Bethpage Camp Resort 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Phoenix G10 Aviation 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Boca Raton 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - DHO8 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Thrifty Retail Services LLC 1,265 FTE
NAT-SIZE Medtronic CV 1,265 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saint Michael's Medical Center 1,265 FTE
NAT-SIZE Garney Holding Company 1,265 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.