Zoological gardens · Pennsylvania

Zoological Society of Pittsburgh DBA Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

Pittsburgh, PA · ~190 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.2
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zoological Society of Pittsburgh DBA Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium runs at 328% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Zoological gardens workplace, earning a grade F.

Zoological Society of Pittsburgh DBA Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium: 10.2 TCR = 328% of Zoological gardens BLS 3.1 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zoological Society of Pittsburgh DBA Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium safety composite

Zoological Society of Pittsburgh DBA Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

Zoological Society of Pittsburgh DBA Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium: 8.0 → 9.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 14.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.63× in 2020

Zoological Society of Pittsburgh DBA Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium's TCR rose 1.0 from 8.0 in 2016 to 9.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 14.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Pittsburgh, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.2 · 328% of ind

  • DART 6.4 DART
  • RANK #6/9
  • PHOTO The Holden Arboretum
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 91 inj
  • SIZE ~190 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Holden Arboretum (0.0 TCR gap)

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Zoological Society of Pittsburgh DBA Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zoological Society of Pittsburgh DBA Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium averages 10.2 TCR (328% 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 Pittsburgh DBA Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium TCR series: 2016=8 · 2017=9.9 · 2018=14.7 · 2019=9.2 · 2020=9 · BLS 3.1

Where Zoological Society of Pittsburgh DBA Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium falls in its industry

174 Zoological gardens establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 9 Zoological gardens employers in Pennsylvania.

Zoological Society of Pittsburgh DBA Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium (190 employees, TCR 10.2) 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 Zoological Society of Pittsburgh DBA Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh DBA Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium (190 employees, TCR 10.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Zoological Society of Pittsburgh DBA Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium has more 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
2020 9.0 6.4 14 0 0
2019 9.2 5.1 17 1 0
2018 14.7 7.1 28 1 0
2017 9.9 4.7 17 2 0
2016 8.0 5.8 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · PA · Pittsburgh

174 Zoological gardens employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,170 employers in Pittsburgh, PA · 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 The Holden Arboretum 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR WCS - Queens Zoo 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR WCS - New York Aquarium 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Binder Park Zoo 10.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Giorgio Chester 190 FTE
STATE-SIZE Russell Standard 190 FTE
STATE-SIZE Montoursville Office, Plant and Shop 190 FTE
STATE-SIZE E&R Monroeville 190 FTE
CITY-NEAR United States Steel COrporation 15,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh- Oakland 14,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (PUH) 13,900 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh-Oakland 13,208 FTE
NAT-TCR 1969-PPW1 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR ECC:EC03I - EC03I-Arkadel, AR 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 21 W Aylesbury Road 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 100 Wampanoag Trail Operating Company, LLC 10.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE E.M. Tharp 190 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amzl : Dil1 190 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trinity Logistics, Inc 190 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ground Effects Fort Wayne 190 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.