School bus services · Connecticut

First Student- Bristol, CT

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Bristol, CT · ~125 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Student- Bristol, CT runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical School bus services workplace, earning a grade D.

First Student- Bristol, CT: 5.8 TCR = 128% of School bus services BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Student- Bristol, CT safety composite

First Student- Bristol, CT scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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- Bristol, CT: 4.4 → 4.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 8.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.83× in 2024

First Student- Bristol, CT's TCR rose 0.4 from 4.4 in 2019 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · Bristol, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 128% of ind

DART 4.8 DART
RANK #83/113
PHOTO Bus Transportation
BOOK 3y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~125 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bus Transportation (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows First Student- Bristol, CT averages 5.8 TCR (128% of the School bus services BLS benchmark).

First Student- Bristol, CT TCR series: 2019=4.4 · 2023=8.2 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 4.5

Where First Student- Bristol, CT falls in its industry

1,574 School bus services establishments

Safer than 31% 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 #83 safest of 113 School bus services employers in Connecticut.

First Student- Bristol, CT (125 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

First Student- Bristol, CT 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
2024	4.8	4.8	4	0
2023	8.2	6.5	4	1
2019	4.4	2.9	3	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · CT · Bristol

1,574 School bus services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 95 employers in Bristol, 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	Bus Transportation	BAKERSFIELD, CA	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dean Transportation, Inc. - Cadillac	CADILLAC, MI	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2662-4090	FAIRVIEW, PA	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Student Express of the Hudson Valley	SPRING VALLEY, NY	5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Saputo Dairy Foods, USA	NEWINGTON	125 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Standard Plant Group	DANBURY	125 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Building 1	MANCHESTER	125 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cirtec Medical	ENFIELD	125 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ESPN Bristol Campus	Bristol	3,688 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ESPN Headquarters	Bristol	3,607 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bristol Public Schoold	Bristol	1,432 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bristol Hospital	Bristol	1,370 FTE
NAT-TCR	Klamfoth home office	Canal Winchester, OH	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Travelodge - Dexter	Dexter, MO	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wisconsin Steel and Tube Corporation	Milwaukee, WI	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Los Angeles Fish	Los Angeles, CA	5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Greene Group Industries	Port Huron, MI	125 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hilton Washington DC National Mall	Washington, DC	125 FTE
NAT-SIZE	AccuTrex Products Inc.	Canonsburg, PA	125 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Starcon @ Chevron Phillips - Cedar Bayou	Baytown, TX	125 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, 2023, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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