Bus terminal operation, independent · Connecticut

First Student - Manchester

Name: First Student - Manchester Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Manchester, CT · ~71 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.7
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Student - Manchester runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bus terminal operation, independent workplace, earning a grade C.

First Student - Manchester: 4.7 TCR = 104% of Bus terminal operation, independent BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Student - Manchester safety composite

First Student - Manchester scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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 - Manchester: 0.0 → 9.4 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 9.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.5× in 2023

First Student - Manchester's TCR rose 9.4 from 0.0 in 2022 to 9.4 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488490 · Manchester, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.7 · 104% of ind

DART 2.4 DART
RANK #3/5
PHOTO Dakota City PBX
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dakota City PBX (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows First Student - Manchester averages 4.7 TCR (104% of the Bus terminal operation, independent BLS benchmark).

First Student - Manchester TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=9.4 · BLS 4.5

Where First Student - Manchester falls in its industry

370 Bus terminal operation, indepe establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Bus terminal operation, indepe employers in Connecticut.

First Student - Manchester (71 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 4.4

First Student - Manchester has more employees than the Bus terminal operation, independent median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2023	9.4	2.4	4	0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488490 · CT · Manchester

370 Bus terminal operation, independent employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 145 employers in Manchester, 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	Dakota City PBX	DAKOTA CITY, NE	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Online Transport El Paso TX Domicile	EL PASO, TX	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ross CA MVDC SPOT	MORENO VALLEY, CA	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Scioto Paint Valley Transportation Services LTD	CHILLICOTHE, OH	4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Eversource - Madison	MADISON	71 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BioSafe Systems, LLC	EAST HARTFORD	71 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Spring Manufacturing	BRISTOL	71 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Connecticut Coining Inc - AMG	BETHEL	71 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Manchester Memorial Hospital	Manchester	1,652 FTE
CITY-NEAR	235 MANCHESTER CT	Manchester	412 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1891	Manchester	387 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Home Office	Manchester	381 FTE
NAT-TCR	Oldsmar	Oldsmar, FL	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	DreamPak, LLC	New Berlin, WI	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	5 Alma	Alma, MI	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Commercial Builders Inc	Hays, KS	4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Uhl Truck Sales of Kentuckiana	Louisville, KY	71 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Brookdale Medina South	Medina, OH	71 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Robinson Pipe Cleaning Company	Pittsburgh, PA	71 FTE
NAT-SIZE	City of Marshall	Marshall, IL	71 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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