Bus operation, school and employee · Connecticut

First student Ellington

Name: First student Ellington Workplace Safety Data
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Ellington, CT · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First student Ellington runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bus operation, school and employee workplace, earning a grade C.

First student Ellington: 4.8 TCR = 106% of Bus operation, school and employee BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First student Ellington safety composite

First student Ellington scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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).

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−9.5

2016→2018

First student Ellington injury rate improved

First student Ellington's TCR fell 9.5 from 9.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.5 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 4.8 · 106% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #71/113
PHOTO First Student - Bethel
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: First Student - Bethel (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows First student Ellington averages 4.8 TCR (106% of the Bus operation, school and employee BLS benchmark).

First student Ellington TCR series: 2016=9.5 · 2018=0 · BLS 4.5

Where First student Ellington falls in its industry

1,574 Bus operation, school and empl establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #71 safest of 113 Bus operation, school and empl employers in Connecticut.

First student Ellington (35 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

First student Ellington 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
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	9.5	9.5	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · CT · Ellington

1,574 Bus operation, school and employee employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 23 employers in Ellington, 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	First Student - Bethel	BETHEL, CT	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Harlow's School Bus Service of Montana - Kalispell	KALISPELL, MT	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	363-St Louis Brown	ST LOUIS, MO	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	20624 Gouverneur	GOUVERNEUR, NY	4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Progressive Sheetmetal LLC	SOUTH WINDSOR	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rocky Mountain Fiber Plus, LLC	NEWINGTON	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Town of Ridgefield	RIDGEFIELD, CT 06877	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Public Works and Facilities	BLOOMFIELD	35 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Big Y Foods, Inc. Ellington	Ellington	145 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Town of Ellington	Ellington	116 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Earthlight Main	Ellington	104 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Country Pure Foods - Ellington, Connecticut	Ellington	101 FTE
NAT-TCR	GlenCove Health and Rehabilitation Center	Panama City, FL	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Adel Wholesalers Inc.	Bettendorf, IA	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Eaton Mill	Eaton, IN	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	City Harvest Food Rescue Facility	Long Island City, NY	4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Caterpillar VSI EP	East Peoria, IL	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Associated Milk Producers Inc (Freeman)	Freeman, SD	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Stenstrom General Contractor - Design/Build Group	Rockford, IL	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Buffalo Feeders, LLC	Buffalo, OK	35 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: 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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