School bus services · Connecticut

First Student New Fairfield

New Fairfield, CT · ~32 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

First Student New Fairfield runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical School bus services workplace, earning a grade B.

First Student New Fairfield: 2.9 TCR = 65% of School bus services BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Student New Fairfield safety composite

First Student New Fairfield scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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

−5.9

2016→2019

First Student New Fairfield injury rate improved

First Student New Fairfield's TCR fell 5.9 from 5.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.9 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · New Fairfield, CT AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.9 · 65% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #39/113
  • PHOTO Joseph C. Graybill, …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Joseph C. Graybill, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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First Student New Fairfield in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows First Student New Fairfield averages 2.9 TCR (65% of the School bus services BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

First Student New Fairfield TCR series: 2016=5.9 · 2019=0 · BLS 4.5

Where First Student New Fairfield falls in its industry

1,574 School bus services establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #39 safest of 113 School bus services employers in Connecticut.

First Student New Fairfield (32 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate First Student New Fairfield
First Student New Fairfield (32 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

First Student New Fairfield has fewer employees than the School bus services median and a lower 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 5.9 5.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · CT · New Fairfield

1,574 School bus services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 10 employers in New Fairfield, CT · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Joseph C. Graybill, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clinton CUSD #15 - Bus Garage 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 96920028-1 ALLTOWN BUS SERVICE-CHICAGO-SOUTH SIDE BRANCH 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3101 CENTRAL REGION-HOUSE SPRINGS MO 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Montville Power LLC 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jacobs - WATERBURY - OMI 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE John Moriarty & Associates, Inc. (CT) 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Bridge Company - 422110 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR High School 156 FTE
CITY-NEAR Consolidated School 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meeting House Hill School 130 FTE
CITY-NEAR Middle School 122 FTE
NAT-TCR 245 - Eau Claire 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Composite Technology Assemblies 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 03-TTCO-ANNISTON 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0029 2665 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Program All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairfield Inn Scottsdale 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE KWF GA Kennesaw HomeStore 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Portsmouth NNSY Commissary 32 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: 2019, 2016. 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.