Zoos · Ohio

Zoological Society of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH · ~532 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.3
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zoological Society of Cincinnati runs at 268% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Zoos workplace, earning a grade F.

Zoological Society of Cincinnati: 8.3 TCR = 268% of Zoos BLS 3.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zoological Society of Cincinnati safety composite

Zoological Society of Cincinnati scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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%).

Zoological Society of Cincinnati held a steady TCR band

Zoological Society of Cincinnati's TCR held near 0.1 from 7.3 in 2019 to 7.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=7.3 · 2022=10.1 · 2023=7.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Cincinnati, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.3 · 268% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #8/9
  • PHOTO Reid Park Zoological…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 90 inj
  • SIZE ~532 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Reid Park Zoological Society (0.0 TCR gap)

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Zoological Society of Cincinnati in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zoological Society of Cincinnati averages 8.3 TCR (268% of the Zoos BLS benchmark).

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

Zoological Society of Cincinnati TCR series: 2019=7.3 · 2022=10.1 · 2023=7.5 · BLS 3.1

Where Zoological Society of Cincinnati falls in its industry

174 Zoos establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Zoos employers in Ohio.

Zoological Society of Cincinnati (532 employees, TCR 8.3) 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 Cincinnati
Zoological Society of Cincinnati (532 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Zoological Society of Cincinnati 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
2023 7.5 1.5 29 1 0
2022 10.1 4.4 35 2 0
2019 7.3 3.5 26 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · OH · Cincinnati

174 Zoos employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,513 employers in Cincinnati, OH · 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 Reid Park Zoological Society 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Woodland Park Zoological Society 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Society 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR WCS - Prospect Park Zoo 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE ARE Accessories LLC 532 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gosiger Holdings, Inc. Aggregate (All employees from all divisions) 532 FTE
STATE-SIZE AEP Transmission Headquarters 531 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alkermes Inc. - Wilmington 531 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 17,011 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cincinnati Operations 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain : Evendale, OH 7,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain Evendale OH 6,400 FTE
NAT-TCR Trails End Enterprises II LLC 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ponzi Vineyards 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Inc 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Amran Instrument Transformers 8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Inogen, Inc. 3 532 FTE
NAT-SIZE NEP 2 Beta 532 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pure's Food Specialties LLC 532 FTE
NAT-SIZE Region 052 532 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: 2023, 2022, 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.