Zoos · South Dakota

Zoological Society of Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, SD · ~59 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.2
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zoological Society of Sioux Falls runs at 523% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Zoos workplace, earning a grade F.

Zoological Society of Sioux Falls: 16.2 TCR = 523% of Zoos BLS 3.1 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zoological Society of Sioux Falls safety composite

Zoological Society of Sioux Falls scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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 16.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−0.7

2016→2021

Zoological Society of Sioux Falls injury rate improved

Zoological Society of Sioux Falls's TCR fell 0.7 from 11.6 in 2016 to 11.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 24.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.6 · 2018=11.6 · 2019=22.2 · 2020=24.6 · 2021=11.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Sioux Falls, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.2 · 523% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK P8
  • PHOTO The New York Botanic…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The New York Botanical Garden (0.5 TCR gap)

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Zoological Society of Sioux Falls in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zoological Society of Sioux Falls averages 16.2 TCR (523% 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 Sioux Falls TCR series: 2016=11.6 · 2018=11.6 · 2019=22.2 · 2020=24.6 · 2021=11 · BLS 3.1

Where Zoological Society of Sioux Falls falls in its industry

174 Zoos establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Zoological Society of Sioux Falls (59 employees, TCR 16.2) 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 Sioux Falls
Zoological Society of Sioux Falls (59 employees, TCR 16.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Zoological Society of Sioux Falls has fewer 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
2021 11.0 5.5 4 0 0
2020 24.6 6.2 7 1 0
2019 22.2 8.3 8 0 0
2018 11.6 2.3 5 0 0
2016 11.6 0.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · SD · Sioux Falls

174 Zoos employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 542 employers in Sioux Falls, SD · 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 New York Botanical Garden 15.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Los Angeles Zoo 17.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SeaQuest Roseville 17.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SeaQuest Fort Worth 17.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pete Lien Sons,Inc. 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Site Work Specialists 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE ARS, a Tecta America Company, LLC. 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE NuGen Energy 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD,Sioux Falls-Medical Center Campus-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 6,424 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD,SIOUX FALLS - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 4,818 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Foods 3,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Avera McKennan Hospital 3,312 FTE
NAT-TCR F & W Foodservices 16.2 TCR
NAT-TCR MidCountry Homes 16.2 TCR
NAT-TCR OWB Packers 16.2 TCR
NAT-TCR South Setauket AL 16.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Clariant Minneapolis 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Parts - Bloomington 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE CHEP Bowling Green Service Center (UT7U) 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Integrity Electrical Solutions LLC 59 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.