School bus services · Connecticut

First Student Branford

Name: First Student Branford Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Branford, CT · ~56 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Student Branford runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical School bus services workplace, earning a grade D.

First Student Branford: 6.8 TCR = 152% of School bus services BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Student Branford safety composite

First Student Branford scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers
DART rate: F 8.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

−4.2

2016→2021

First Student Branford injury rate improved

First Student Branford's TCR fell 4.2 from 12.6 in 2016 to 8.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.6 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=3.0 · 2021=8.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · Branford, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.8 · 152% of ind

DART 8.4 DART
RANK #95/113
PHOTO 2662-4017
BOOK 4y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2662-4017 (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.8
2662-4017

6.8
Valley Lines I

6.8
location 20969

6.8
150-Gary

6.8

What this shows First Student Branford averages 6.8 TCR (152% of the School bus services BLS benchmark).

First Student Branford TCR series: 2016=12.6 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=3 · 2021=8.4 · BLS 4.5

Where First Student Branford falls in its industry

1,574 School bus services establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #95 safest of 113 School bus services employers in Connecticut.

First Student Branford (56 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

First Student Branford has fewer 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
2021	8.4	8.4	2
2019	3.0	0.0	1
2018	3.3	0.0	1
2016	12.6	8.4	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · CT · Branford

1,574 School bus services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 75 employers in Branford, CT · 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	2662-4017	TRUMBULL, CT	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Valley Lines Inc - New Castle Rd	BUTLER, PA	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	location 20969	YERMO, CA	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	150-Gary	GARY, IN	6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	The Morganti Group Inc CT	DANBURY	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Carlin Contracting Co., Inc.	WATERFORD	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	New England Yankee Construction, LLC	WEST HAVEN	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Longhini Sausage	NEW HAVEN	56 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Branford Public Schools	Branford	577 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Branford High School	Branford	244 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CSC Enterprises, Incorporated d/b/a	Branford	221 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Connecticut Hospice	Branford	212 FTE
NAT-TCR	Westfield Distributing of ND, Inc. (Horace)	Horace, ND	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wakefield Pork, Inc.	Gaylord, MN	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	CHRISTUS Spohn Alice	Alice, TX	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Meadows Farms - Hardscapes, Chantilly	Chantilly, VA	6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	St. George Steel LLC	St. George, UT	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Banker Insulation - Phoenix Branch	Chandler, AZ	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Haywood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	Waynesville, NC	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kansas City Kansas	Kansas City, KS	56 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, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.