Bus operation, school and employee · Pennsylvania
David Eschbach Jr. Inc
Holtwood, PA · ~118 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.8
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
David Eschbach Jr. Inc runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bus operation, school and employee workplace, earning a grade B.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 14
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares David Eschbach Jr. Inc's OSHA Total Case Rate of 2.8 to the Bus operation, school and employee BLS benchmark of 4.5 (62% of benchmark) across 7 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
David Eschbach Jr. Inc's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.
Where David Eschbach Jr. Inc falls in its industry
1,825 Bus operation, school and empl establishmentsSafer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #114 safest of 273 Bus operation, school and empl employers in Pennsylvania.
Trend analysis for David Eschbach Jr. Inc
Between 2017 and 2024, David Eschbach Jr. Inc's Total Case Rate worsened from 1.6 to 5.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 236% increase across 7 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2021, at a TCR of 1.4, while 2020 saw the highest rate, at 5.7, a spread of 4.3 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 7 reporting years, David Eschbach Jr. Inc recorded 14 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 7-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 14 injuries shown on this page for David Eschbach Jr. Inc are sourced from its own 7 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 485410 - Bus operation, school and employee.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 150,607 hours worked = 2.66 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| David Eschbach Jr. Inc (this establishment) | 2.81 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 7-year avg |
| School bus services industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 485410 |
| Pennsylvania state avg (all industries) | 5.06 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by David Eschbach Jr. Inc to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on David Eschbach Jr. Inc's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Bus operation, school and employee peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 62% of the Bus operation, school and employee benchmark, David Eschbach Jr. Inc reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Bus operation, school and employee sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.