Bus operation, school and employee · Louisiana

First Student Inc

Name: First Student Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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New Orleans, LA · ~110 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 5.3
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Student Inc runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bus operation, school and employee workplace, earning a grade C.

First Student Inc: 5.3 TCR = 117% of Bus operation, school and employee BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Student Inc safety composite

First Student Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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 Inc: 3.4 → 7.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 7.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2024

First Student Inc's TCR rose 3.7 from 3.4 in 2023 to 7.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · New Orleans, LA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 5.3 · 117% of ind

DART 3.5 DART
RANK #16/20
PHOTO Dean Transportation,…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~110 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dean Transportation, Inc. - Jackson-Rives (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows First Student Inc averages 5.3 TCR (117% of the Bus operation, school and employee BLS benchmark).

First Student Inc TCR series: 2023=3.4 · 2024=7.1 · BLS 4.5

Where First Student Inc falls in its industry

1,574 Bus operation, school and empl establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 20 Bus operation, school and empl employers in Louisiana.

First Student Inc (110 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

First Student Inc has more 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	7.1	3.5	9	1	0
2023	3.4	3.4	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · LA · New Orleans

1,574 Bus operation, school and employee employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 450 employers in New Orleans, LA · 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	Dean Transportation, Inc. - Jackson-Rives	JACKSON, MI	5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	20613 Salem	SALEM, NH	5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	533018-Lockhart \| TX \| 533018	LOCKHART, TX	5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dean Transportation, Inc. - Kalamazoo	KALAMAZOO, MI	5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Entergy Services / Aerosol Building	HAMMOND	110 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AXIOS Baton Rouge	GEISMER	110 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Idaho Timber of Coushatta	COUSHATTA	110 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pratt Paper, LA LLC	SHREVEPORT	110 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HARAHAN COKE	New Orleans	8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HARAHAN PACKERS	New Orleans	8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LCMC Health	New Orleans	8,061 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HARAHAN	New Orleans	4,395 FTE
NAT-TCR	Mihgt - Houghton Center	Houghton, MI	5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	G&H Construction Company Inc	Albuquerque, NM	5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Vtrut - Rutland	Rutland, VT	5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cross City Lumber	Cross City, FL	5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Life Care Center of Elizabethton	Elizabethton, TN	110 FTE
NAT-SIZE	FV Clinics-Brooklyn Park	Brooklyn Park, MN	110 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Avery Brewing Company	Boulder, CO	110 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Delaware West	Loving, NM	110 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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