Zoological Gardens · New York

WCS - Queens Zoo

Queens, NY · ~70 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.1
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WCS - Queens Zoo runs at 325% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Zoological Gardens workplace, earning a grade F.

WCS - Queens Zoo: 10.1 TCR = 325% of Zoological Gardens BLS 3.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WCS - Queens Zoo safety composite

WCS - Queens Zoo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−16.1

2021→2024

WCS - Queens Zoo injury rate improved

WCS - Queens Zoo's TCR fell 16.1 from 23.1 in 2021 to 7.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 23.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=23.1 · 2022=7.4 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=7.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Queens, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.1 · 325% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #14/18
  • PHOTO The Holden Arboretum
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Holden Arboretum (0.1 TCR gap)

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WCS - Queens Zoo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WCS - Queens Zoo averages 10.1 TCR (325% of the Zoological Gardens BLS benchmark).

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

WCS - Queens Zoo TCR series: 2021=23.1 · 2022=7.4 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=7 · BLS 3.1

Where WCS - Queens Zoo falls in its industry

174 Zoological Gardens establishments

Safer than 23% 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 #14 safest of 18 Zoological Gardens employers in New York.

WCS - Queens Zoo (70 employees, TCR 10.1) 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 - Queens Zoo
WCS - Queens Zoo (70 employees, TCR 10.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

WCS - Queens Zoo has fewer employees than the Zoological Gardens 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 4.2 5 0 0
2023 2.9 2.9 2 0 0
2022 7.4 5.6 4 0 0
2021 23.1 4.6 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · NY · Queens

174 Zoological Gardens employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 54 employers in Queens, 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 Holden Arboretum 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR WCS - New York Aquarium 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zoological Society of Pittsburgh DBA Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Binder Park Zoo 10.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Samascott Orchards LLC 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Westchester 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE El Sol Contracting/El Sol Ltd. Ent. JV 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Callahan Paving Corp. 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR Skanska USA Civil Inc. 5,513 FTE
CITY-NEAR Resorts World Casino NYC 1,079 FTE
CITY-NEAR Residential Transition Support Program (RTS) 507 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardinal Health 110, LLC (dba Kinray) 481 FTE
NAT-TCR Ameri-Kleen - Salinas Branch 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Axiom Family of Companies LLC 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Wolcott Mill Metropark 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - KSBD 10.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Glazers Beer And Beverage San Angelo 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sunshine Terrace 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fireside Portland 70 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.