Paratransit transportation services · Pennsylvania

First Group America

Pittsburgh, PA · ~26 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

First Group America runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paratransit transportation services workplace, earning a grade D.

First Group America: 6.3 TCR = 140% of Paratransit transportation services BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Group America safety composite

First Group America scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

−2.2

2016→2019

First Group America injury rate improved

First Group America's TCR fell 2.2 from 7.2 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.2 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485991 · Pittsburgh, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 140% of ind

  • DART 5.0 DART
  • RANK #24/43
  • PHOTO 6091-680
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6091-680 (0.0 TCR gap)

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First Group America in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows First Group America averages 6.3 TCR (140% of the Paratransit transportation services BLS benchmark).

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

First Group America TCR series: 2016=7.2 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=5 · BLS 4.5

Where First Group America falls in its industry

251 Paratransit transportation ser establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 43 Paratransit transportation ser employers in Pennsylvania.

First Group America (26 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.5 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate First Group America
First Group America (26 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.5

First Group America has fewer employees than the Paratransit transportation services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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
2019 5.0 5.0 2 0 0
2018 6.7 2.2 3 0 0
2016 7.2 0.0 1 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485991 · PA · Pittsburgh

251 Paratransit transportation services 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 6091-680 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 55370 PSTA 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR RADAR Headquarters 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Regional Transportation Program 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE JB Muhsroom Service LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hamilton Liberty 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE NRG Energy Center Harrisburg LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Regency at Yardley 26 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 Heritage Hall East 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Emerald Pointe Health & Rehabilitation 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0017 0248 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0017 1819 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cardinal Steel 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kerry-Greenville 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Century Fence Company - Knapp 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Inn at Nye Beach 26 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: 2019, 2018, 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.