Bus operation, school and employee · Michigan

First Student

Name: First Student Workplace Safety Data
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Oak Park, MI · ~49 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.1
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Student runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bus operation, school and employee workplace, earning a grade C.

First Student: 4.1 TCR = 90% of Bus operation, school and employee BLS 4.5 · 3y 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 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).

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−4.5

2017→2022

First Student injury rate improved

First Student's TCR fell 4.5 from 8.4 in 2017 to 3.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · Oak Park, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.1 · 90% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #35/74
PHOTO 20189 Westmont
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 20189 Westmont (0.0 TCR gap)

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20189 Westmont

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4.1
2662-6007

4.1

What this shows First Student averages 4.1 TCR (90% of the Bus operation, school and employee BLS benchmark).

First Student TCR series: 2017=8.4 · 2020=0 · 2022=3.8 · BLS 4.5

Where First Student falls in its industry

1,574 Bus operation, school and empl establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 74 Bus operation, school and empl employers in Michigan.

First Student (49 employees, TCR 4.1) 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 Bus operation, school and employee 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
2022	3.8	0.0	1	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0
2017	8.4	4.2	1	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · MI · Oak Park

1,574 Bus operation, school and employee employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 37 employers in Oak Park, MI · 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	20189 Westmont	WESTMONT, IL	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Harlow's School Bus Service - Auburn	AUBURN, WA	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DATTCO - Westport	WESTPORT, CT	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2662-6007	MILFORD, OH	4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	1003 Canal St	THREE RIVERS	49 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Miller-Davis Company	KALAMAZOO	49 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gundlach Champion, Inc.	IRON MOUNTAIN	49 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CLOSNER CONSTRUCTION & SALES INC	MARQUETTE	49 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Brilar LLC	Oak Park	1,101 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Berkley Building Blocks, Avery Center	Oak Park	782 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Norup International School	Oak Park	782 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Administrative Office Tyndall Center	Oak Park	782 FTE
NAT-TCR	Lucerne Feed Mill -Est	Lucerne, MO	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bed Bath and Beyond Turkey Creek Knoxville	Knoxville, TN	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	9095-SMF	Sacramento, CA	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	01 Park City, KS	Wichita, KS	4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	4028-SEN01	Syracuse, NY	49 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Carbon Hill	Carbon Hill, AL	49 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Helgesen Industries - IW	Hartford, WI	49 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Quality Controlled Floor Systems, LLC	High Point, NC	49 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: 2022, 2020, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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