School bus services · Pennsylvania

First Student 12700

Philadelphia, PA · ~300 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

First Student 12700 runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical School bus services workplace, earning a grade D.

First Student 12700: 5.7 TCR = 126% of School bus services BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Student 12700 safety composite

First Student 12700 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.4

2019→2024

First Student 12700 injury rate improved

First Student 12700's TCR fell 1.4 from 6.3 in 2019 to 5.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=6.3 · 2024=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · Philadelphia, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 126% of ind

  • DART 5.0 DART
  • RANK #151/227
  • PHOTO 233006-Meridian | ID…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~300 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 233006-Meridian | ID | SAN-700 (0.0 TCR gap)

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First Student 12700 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows First Student 12700 averages 5.7 TCR (126% of the School bus services BLS benchmark).

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

First Student 12700 TCR series: 2019=6.3 · 2024=5 · BLS 4.5

Where First Student 12700 falls in its industry

1,574 School bus services establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #151 safest of 227 School bus services employers in Pennsylvania.

First Student 12700 (300 employees, TCR 5.7) 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 First Student 12700
First Student 12700 (300 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

First Student 12700 has more 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
2024 5.0 5.0 10 0 0
2019 6.3 6.3 14 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · PA · Philadelphia

1,574 School bus services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,431 employers in Philadelphia, 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 233006-Meridian | ID | SAN-700 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR DATTCO - Trumbull 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2662-3021 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR First Student The Colony 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kunzler & Company, Inc. 300 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hatfield North 300 FTE
STATE-SIZE Universal Stainless - Bridgeville 300 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berk-Tek LLC 300 FTE
CITY-NEAR FIVE BELOW INC 19,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hospital of University of Pennsylvania 13,423 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Main Hospital 9,638 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Main Campus 9,129 FTE
NAT-TCR Casper WY FXFE-CSR 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR VNG Chesapeake Depot 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR At Home Stores #190 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR North Carolina 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Los Angeles Police Department, Rampart Division 300 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cincinnati OH FXFE-CCI 300 FTE
NAT-SIZE Salt Lake City UT FXFE-SLC 300 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Valley 300 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: 2024, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.