Zoological Gardens · New York

WCS - Central Park Zoo

New York, NY · ~159 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WCS - Central Park Zoo runs at 165% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Zoological Gardens workplace, earning a grade D.

WCS - Central Park Zoo: 5.1 TCR = 165% of Zoological Gardens BLS 3.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WCS - Central Park Zoo safety composite

WCS - Central Park Zoo scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−1.8

2021→2024

WCS - Central Park Zoo injury rate improved

WCS - Central Park Zoo's TCR fell 1.8 from 8.5 in 2021 to 6.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=8.5 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=6.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · New York, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 165% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #7/18
  • PHOTO The Morton Arboretum
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~159 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Morton Arboretum (0.0 TCR gap)

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WCS - Central Park Zoo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WCS - Central Park Zoo averages 5.1 TCR (165% of the Zoological Gardens BLS benchmark).

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

WCS - Central Park Zoo TCR series: 2021=8.5 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=6.7 · BLS 3.1

Where WCS - Central Park Zoo falls in its industry

174 Zoological Gardens establishments

Safer than 65% 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 #7 safest of 18 Zoological Gardens employers in New York.

WCS - Central Park Zoo (159 employees, TCR 5.1) 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 - Central Park Zoo
WCS - Central Park Zoo (159 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

WCS - Central Park Zoo 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 6.7 1.5 9 0 0
2023 2.3 2.3 3 0 0
2022 2.9 2.9 3 0 0
2021 8.5 1.6 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · NY · New York

174 Zoological Gardens employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 1,952 employers in New York, 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 The Morton Arboretum 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minnesota Zoo 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mt. Cuba Center 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Toledo Zoo 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE NORTHPORT Powerstation-NY66 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE New York Office 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE 198 Grumman Rd 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rochester Davis-Fetch Corp. 159 FTE
CITY-NEAR NYU Grossman School of Medicine 16,280 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorial Hospital Corporation (MEM) 14,781 FTE
CITY-NEAR NYU Langone Hospitals 12,389 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mount Sinai Medical Center 11,845 FTE
NAT-TCR APM Terminals Mobile - LLC 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - HLA1 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - DJE1 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 5105 - DC East 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Roy Rock LLC 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3354 - Orlando Vineland 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE Puretec Industrial Water 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hagerstown MD 159 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.