Zoos and Botanical Gardens · Virginia

Zoo

Norfolk, VA · ~53 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.5
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zoo runs at 371% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Zoos and Botanical Gardens workplace, earning a grade F.

Zoo: 11.5 TCR = 371% of Zoos and Botanical Gardens BLS 3.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zoo safety composite

Zoo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−4.5

2023→2024

Zoo injury rate improved

Zoo's TCR fell 4.5 from 13.8 in 2023 to 9.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 13.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=13.8 · 2024=9.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 11.5 · 371% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Chicago Horticultura…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chicago Horticultural Society (0.1 TCR gap)

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Zoo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zoo averages 11.5 TCR (371% 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 TCR series: 2023=13.8 · 2024=9.2 · BLS 3.1

Where Zoo falls in its industry

174 Zoos and Botanical Gardens establishments

Safer than 18% 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 #2 safest of 4 Zoos and Botanical Gardens employers in Virginia.

Zoo (53 employees, TCR 11.5) 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
Zoo (53 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Zoo 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
2024 9.2 4.6 4 0 0
2023 13.8 4.6 6 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 Chicago Horticultural Society 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mystic Aquarium/Ocean Blue Catering 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Santa Barbara Zoo 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brevard Zoo 11.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Power Home Solar Chester 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE GLOUCESTER 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE 324-NiSource-Suffolk VA-Harbour View 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Hopewell 53 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 Sandoval County 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1471 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Miyps - Ypsilanti 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Pomps Tire - Portland 205 11.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Aerobotix, Inc. 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dedicated Duncan 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lincoln Park 10101 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Portage 10187 53 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. 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.