School bus services · New Jersey

First Student

Name: First Student Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Berlin, NJ · ~92 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 13.4
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Student runs at 299% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical School bus services workplace, earning a grade F.

First Student: 13.4 TCR = 299% of School bus services BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Student safety composite

First Student scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 13.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers
DART rate: F 22.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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%).

Rising injury rate

First Student: 4.8 → 22.1 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 22.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.65× in 2021

First Student's TCR rose 17.4 from 4.8 in 2020 to 22.1 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · Berlin, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.4 · 299% of ind

DART 22.1 DART
RANK #47/48
PHOTO Bristol
BOOK 2y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bristol (0.0 TCR gap)

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12628-CREC

13.6
Bristol

13.5
20336 Highland

13.5
This site

13.4
Pennsylvania C

13.3

What this shows First Student averages 13.4 TCR (299% of the School bus services BLS benchmark).

First Student TCR series: 2020=4.8 · 2021=22.1 · BLS 4.5

Where First Student falls in its industry

1,574 School bus services establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 48 School bus services employers in New Jersey.

First Student (92 employees, TCR 13.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

First Student 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
2021	22.1	22.1	7	0	0
2020	4.8	4.8	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · NJ · Berlin

1,574 School bus services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 21 employers in Berlin, NJ · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Bristol	LEVITTOWN, PA	13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	20336 Highland	HIGHLAND, IL	13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pennsylvania Coach - Elizabeth	ELIZABETH, PA	13.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	12628-CREC	EAST HARTFORD, CT	13.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Egg Harbor Facility	EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP	92 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Edison NJ Branch UPG	EDISON	92 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Painting and Wallcovering	ABSECON	92 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lakewood (Mr. Cookieface)	LAKEWOOD	92 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MICHAELS DISTRIBUTION CENTER #5 - BERLIN	Berlin	468 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Vision Utilities Inc	Berlin	318 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mount Construction Inc.	Berlin	188 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Penbryn	Berlin	184 FTE
NAT-TCR	Permobil/Roho	Belleville, IL	13.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Jedburg Sc (Summerville)	Summerville, SC	13.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	St. Petersburg Fl	St. Petersburg, FL	13.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	9277-103 Lionshead Base Area	Vail, CO	13.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Pinnacle Machine - 10521 Sheldon	Houston, TX	92 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Geer Woods, Inc	Canaan, CT	92 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Maintenance and Operations Facility	Chesapeake, VA	92 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fiocchi-Ozark Plant	Ozark, MO	92 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: 2021, 2020. 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.