School bus services · New Hampshire

First Student

Name: First Student Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Exeter, NH · ~68 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Student runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical School bus services workplace, earning a grade D.

First Student: 6.5 TCR = 145% of School bus services BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Student safety composite

First Student scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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).

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−7.0

2016→2020

First Student injury rate improved

First Student's TCR fell 7.0 from 10.0 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.0 · 2020=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · Exeter, NH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 145% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #28/32
PHOTO BCSD
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BCSD (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.5
BCSD

6.5
97390001-LOT18

6.5
493007-Middlet

6.5
Main Location

6.5

What this shows First Student averages 6.5 TCR (145% of the School bus services BLS benchmark).

First Student TCR series: 2016=10 · 2020=3 · BLS 4.5

Where First Student falls in its industry

1,574 School bus services establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Hampshire alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 32 School bus services employers in New Hampshire.

First Student (68 employees, TCR 6.5) 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 School bus services 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
2020	3.0	0.0	1	0	0
2016	10.0	0.0	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · NH · Exeter

1,574 School bus services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,718 rated employers in New Hampshire with headcount on file · 33 employers in Exeter, NH · 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	BCSD	BAKERSFIELD, CA	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	97390001-LOT18 BOE - LOT 18 - GODDARD	SEABROOK, MD	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	493007-Middletown \| RI \| OST-120	MIDDLETOWN, RI	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Main Location	FREEPORT, PA	6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Brentwood	BRENTWOOD	68 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Builders Installed Products New Hampshire	AUBURN	68 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gates Mectrol Salem	SALEM	68 FTE
STATE-SIZE	QUIKRETE - BOS	BRENTWOOD	68 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Exeter Hospital	Exeter	1,530 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Core Physicians	Exeter	645 FTE
CITY-NEAR	RiverWoods Exeter	Exeter	464 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sig Sauer Inc. - Exeter	Exeter	460 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sonesta ES Suites Burlington MA	Burlington, MA	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : HOU2	Houston, TX	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Brock Grain Systems - KC	Kansas City, MO	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Temple Bottling Company, LTD	Temple, TX	6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Ess - Bal	Cranston, RI	68 FTE
NAT-SIZE	T197	Bristol, WI	68 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Encore Precast, LLC	Seven Mile, OH	68 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ergon Marine & Industrial Supply-Vicksburg	Vicksburg, MS	68 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: 2020, 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.