Zoological gardens · New York

Zoological Society of Buffalo

Buffalo, NY · ~124 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zoological Society of Buffalo runs at 302% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Zoological gardens workplace, earning a grade F.

Zoological Society of Buffalo: 9.4 TCR = 302% of Zoological gardens BLS 3.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zoological Society of Buffalo safety composite

Zoological Society of Buffalo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

−1.0

2021→2024

Zoological Society of Buffalo injury rate improved

Zoological Society of Buffalo's TCR fell 1.0 from 12.4 in 2021 to 11.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 12.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=12.4 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=8.0 · 2024=11.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 302% of ind

  • DART 10.4 DART
  • RANK #12/18
  • PHOTO Riverbanks Zoo & Gar…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~124 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Riverbanks Zoo & Garden (0.1 TCR gap)

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Zoological Society of Buffalo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zoological Society of Buffalo averages 9.4 TCR (302% of the Zoological gardens BLS benchmark).

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

Zoological Society of Buffalo TCR series: 2021=12.4 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=8 · 2024=11.4 · BLS 3.1

Where Zoological Society of Buffalo falls in its industry

174 Zoological gardens establishments

Safer than 27% 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 #12 safest of 18 Zoological gardens employers in New York.

Zoological Society of Buffalo (124 employees, TCR 9.4) 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 Zoological Society of Buffalo
Zoological Society of Buffalo (124 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Zoological Society of Buffalo 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 11.4 10.4 11 0 0
2023 8.0 3.4 7 0 0
2022 5.6 3.4 5 0 0
2021 12.4 5.7 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · NY · Buffalo

174 Zoological gardens employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 532 employers in Buffalo, 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 Riverbanks Zoo & Garden 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hi'ipaka 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blank Park Zoo 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Utah Zoological Society 9.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Henderson Johnson Co, Inc 124 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fire Research Corp 124 FTE
STATE-SIZE MFM Contracting Corp 124 FTE
STATE-SIZE Otis Elevator Company-Manhattan NE 124 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buffalo General Hospital 3,556 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Hospital of Buffalo 2,379 FTE
CITY-NEAR WNY Independent Living, Inc. 1,988 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kaleida Health Oishei Childrens Hospital 1,765 FTE
NAT-TCR Canfield Coating LLC 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - DOM2 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR D3 Glass 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hills Food Store #1 9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Double D Express Inc 124 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coke Northeast - Westborough 124 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anderson Development Company 124 FTE
NAT-SIZE Taplin Enterprises, LLC 124 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.

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