Zoos · Washington

Woodland Park Zoological Society

Seattle, WA · ~400 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Woodland Park Zoological Society runs at 264% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Zoos workplace, earning a grade F.

Woodland Park Zoological Society: 8.2 TCR = 264% of Zoos BLS 3.1 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Woodland Park Zoological Society safety composite

Woodland Park Zoological Society scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−0.9

2019→2024

Woodland Park Zoological Society injury rate improved

Woodland Park Zoological Society's TCR fell 0.9 from 11.7 in 2019 to 10.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=11.7 · 2021=8.6 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=10.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Seattle, WA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 264% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO WCS - Prospect Park …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 129 inj
  • SIZE ~400 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WCS - Prospect Park Zoo (0.0 TCR gap)

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Woodland Park Zoological Society in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Woodland Park Zoological Society averages 8.2 TCR (264% of the Zoos BLS benchmark).

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

Woodland Park Zoological Society TCR series: 2019=11.7 · 2021=8.6 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=10.8 · BLS 3.1

Where Woodland Park Zoological Society falls in its industry

174 Zoos establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Zoos employers in Washington.

Woodland Park Zoological Society (400 employees, TCR 8.2) 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 Woodland Park Zoological Society
Woodland Park Zoological Society (400 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Woodland Park Zoological Society has more employees than the Zoos 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 10.8 4.4 36 1 0
2023 5.1 3.7 17 1 0
2022 4.8 1.4 15 2 0
2021 8.6 3.8 24 1 0
2019 11.7 6.7 37 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · WA · Seattle

174 Zoos employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 1,279 employers in Seattle, WA · 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 WCS - Prospect Park Zoo 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR San Antonio Zoological Society 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR San Francisco Zoo & Gardens 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reid Park Zoological Society 8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE DAA Northwest 400 FTE
STATE-SIZE 548054-SPOKANE WA P&DC 400 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2032-11011600 400 FTE
STATE-SIZE 640852500 SEATTLE CONVENTION CENTER 400 FTE
CITY-NEAR UW Seattle 32,378 FTE
CITY-NEAR The United States of America 25,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR Starz Entertainment 25,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR UW Medical Center - Montlake and NW 11,307 FTE
NAT-TCR Universal Engraving-9000 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Wysocki Electric Inc 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Blazer Boats 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Office 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1832 - Blaine 400 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital 400 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mayo Underwood Building 400 FTE
NAT-SIZE East Porter County School Corp 400 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, 2019. 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.