Zoos and Botanical Gardens · Virginia

Zoo (CON-0140)

Norfolk, VA · ~63 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
23.2
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zoo (CON-0140) runs at 749% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Zoos and Botanical Gardens workplace, earning a grade F.

Zoo (CON-0140): 23.2 TCR = 749% of Zoos and Botanical Gardens BLS 3.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zoo (CON-0140) safety composite

Zoo (CON-0140) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

F

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 23.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 18.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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

Zoo (CON-0140): 9.5 → 36.9 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 36.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.79× in 2022

Zoo (CON-0140)'s TCR rose 27.4 from 9.5 in 2021 to 36.9 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Norfolk, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 23.2 · 749% of ind

  • DART 18.4 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO SeaQuest Lynchburg
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SeaQuest Lynchburg (0.7 TCR gap)

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Zoo (CON-0140) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zoo (CON-0140) averages 23.2 TCR (749% of the Zoos and Botanical Gardens BLS benchmark).

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

Zoo (CON-0140) TCR series: 2021=9.5 · 2022=36.9 · BLS 3.1

Where Zoo (CON-0140) falls in its industry

174 Zoos and Botanical Gardens establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Zoos and Botanical Gardens employers in Virginia.

Zoo (CON-0140) (63 employees, TCR 23.2) 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 Zoo (CON-0140)
Zoo (CON-0140) (63 employees, TCR 23.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Zoo (CON-0140) has fewer employees than the Zoos and Botanical 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
2022 36.9 18.4 16 0 0
2021 9.5 2.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · VA · Norfolk

174 Zoos and Botanical Gardens employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 473 employers in Norfolk, VA · 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 SeaQuest Lynchburg 23.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SeaQuest Interactive Aquarium Las Vegas LLC 24.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SeaQuest Las Vegas 21.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SeaQuest Folsom LLC 26.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Summit Helicopters, Inc. 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE W&L Construction and Paving Inc. 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Division of Transportation (CON-0125) 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE E Contracting Services, LLC 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sentara Norfolk General Hospital 4,863 FTE
CITY-NEAR Childrens Hospital of The Kings Dau 3,707 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Atlantic Group dba DZ Atlantic 3,248 FTE
CITY-NEAR Norfolk State University 2,981 FTE
NAT-TCR 6458-ZCHC 23.2 TCR
NAT-TCR River View Asssited Living 23.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SA Operations, LLC dba St Ann's Skilled Nursing and Therapy 23.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale San Jose 23.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vet Lab (Elkmont) 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE ONSITE - Georgia 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Merced Suites 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE IF CoPack LLC dba Initiative Foods 63 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.