School bus services · Kansas

350-Paola

Paola, KS · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

350-Paola runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical School bus services workplace, earning a grade D.

350-Paola: 6.4 TCR = 142% of School bus services BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

350-Paola safety composite

350-Paola scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

350-Paola held a steady TCR band

350-Paola's TCR held near 0.3 from 6.5 in 2022 to 6.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.5 · 2023=6.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · Paola, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 142% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #16/22
  • PHOTO 4076 CENTRAL REGION-…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4076 CENTRAL REGION-NORTHVILLE MI (0.0 TCR gap)

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350-Paola in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 350-Paola averages 6.4 TCR (142% of the School bus services BLS benchmark).

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

350-Paola TCR series: 2022=6.5 · 2023=6.2 · BLS 4.5

Where 350-Paola falls in its industry

1,574 School bus services establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 22 School bus services employers in Kansas.

350-Paola (35 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 350-Paola
350-Paola (35 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

350-Paola has fewer employees than the School bus services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 6.2 6.2 1 0 0
2022 6.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · KS · Paola

1,574 School bus services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 21 employers in Paola, KS · 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 4076 CENTRAL REGION-NORTHVILLE MI 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR All-Star-New Milford 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dean Transportation, Inc. - Dearborn 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR RCX South Carolina 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brookover Feed Yard 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Pioneer Electric Company Liberal District 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kansas City Office 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tom's Ditching & Backhoe, Inc. 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakemary Center, Inc. (Paola) 315 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 242 228 FTE
CITY-NEAR 242 226 FTE
CITY-NEAR Doherty Steel 159 FTE
NAT-TCR Unit #1321 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Monterrey Iron and Metal, LTD 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Redmond Store 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Dc 0399 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE LeafGuard of Greenville 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Christman Millwork LLC 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Minnesota Oncology - Fridley 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Inspired Living Delray Beach 35 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. 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.