Bus operation, school and employee · Connecticut

First Student

Name: First Student Workplace Safety Data
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New London, CT · ~72 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 8.3
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Student runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bus operation, school and employee workplace, earning a grade D.

First Student: 8.3 TCR = 184% of Bus operation, school and employee 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 total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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).

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.82 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.9

2023→2024

First Student injury rate improved

First Student's TCR fell 6.9 from 11.7 in 2023 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=11.7 · 2024=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · New London, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.3 · 184% of ind

DART 4.8 DART
RANK #107/113
PHOTO 2662-3040
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2662-3040 (0.0 TCR gap)

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8.3
2662-3040

8.3
Trumbull

8.3
D. B. Fisher S

8.3
School Bus Inc

8.3

What this shows First Student averages 8.3 TCR (184% of the Bus operation, school and employee BLS benchmark).

First Student TCR series: 2023=11.7 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 4.5

Where First Student falls in its industry

1,574 Bus operation, school and empl establishments

Safer than 12% 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 #107 safest of 113 Bus operation, school and empl employers in Connecticut.

First Student (72 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

First Student has fewer employees than the Bus operation, school and employee 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	4.8	4.8	2	0	0
2023	11.7	11.7	5	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · CT · New London

1,574 Bus operation, school and employee employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 43 employers in New London, 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	2662-3040	LAWSON, MO	8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Trumbull	WARREN, OH	8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	D. B. Fisher School Student Transportation, Inc.	LEBANON, PA	8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	School Bus Inc.	SIOUX FALLS, SD	8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	FIP construction, Inc.	FARMINGTON	72 FTE
STATE-SIZE	104758 - Infrastructure Imp. CT State Pier	NEW LONDON	72 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Structural #43	CHESHIRE	72 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kimchuk, Inc.	DANBURY	72 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lawrence + Memorial Hospital	New London	2,273 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Five Star Supermarket of New London, Inc.	New London	233 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sharp Training - Main Office	New London	225 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Harbor Village North	New London	187 FTE
NAT-TCR	Southern Yarn Dyers Inc	Cartersville, GA	8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Alliance Interiors	Lansing, MI	8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Store 1482	Belleville, NJ	8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	20P9 - Enterprise Leasing Company of Detroit, LLC	Grand Rapids, MI	8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Bristol Kendall Fire Protection District	Yorkville, IL	72 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ashley Ward	Mason, OH	72 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ami Logistics LLC	Conklin, NY	72 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tucson 10071	Tucson, AZ	72 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. 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.