Interurban bus line operation · Pennsylvania

First Student Allentown, PA

Allentown, PA · ~200 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
26.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

First Student Allentown, PA runs at 579% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Interurban bus line operation workplace, earning a grade F.

First Student Allentown, PA: 26.1 TCR = 579% of Interurban bus line operation BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Student Allentown, PA safety composite

First Student Allentown, PA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 26.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 26.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

−94.8

2016→2017

First Student Allentown, PA injury rate improved

First Student Allentown, PA's TCR fell 94.8 from 120.8 in 2016 to 26.1 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 120.8 TCR. In 2017, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=120.8 · 2017=26.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485210 · Allentown, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 26.1 · 579% of ind

  • DART 26.1 DART
  • RANK #7/7
  • PHOTO Jefferson Lines Kans…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~200 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jefferson Lines Kansas City (0.0 TCR gap)

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First Student Allentown, PA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows First Student Allentown, PA averages 26.1 TCR (579% of the Interurban bus line operation BLS benchmark).

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

First Student Allentown, PA TCR series: 2016=120.8 · 2017=26.1 · BLS 4.5

Where First Student Allentown, PA falls in its industry

161 Interurban bus line operation establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Interurban bus line operation employers in Pennsylvania.

First Student Allentown, PA (200 employees, TCR 26.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 First Student Allentown, PA
First Student Allentown, PA (200 employees, TCR 26.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 4.4

First Student Allentown, PA has more employees than the Interurban bus line operation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2017 26.1 26.1 7 1 0
2016 120.8 120.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485210 · PA · Allentown

161 Interurban bus line operation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 447 employers in Allentown, 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 Jefferson Lines Kansas City 26.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trenton 18.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Olympia 17.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hampton Roads 16.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE E & R Erectors Inc 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Carr & Duff, Inc. 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Colony Factory Crafted Homes 200 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lehigh Valley Hospital 9,463 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1200SCC 6,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- Main Campus 2,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR LOCATION 48042 1,728 FTE
NAT-TCR Fll-Ground Ops 26.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Robert C Geer Memorial Hospital Inc 26.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Trusted Delivery Solutions LLC 26.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Barton Memorial Hospital 26.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Interstate Drywall Corp. 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Muncie Power Products, Inc. Mfg Div 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE PepsiCo DC 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Owens-Illinois Glass Portland N21 200 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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