Bus operation, school and employee · Pennsylvania

First Student

Name: First Student Workplace Safety Data
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Philadelphia, PA · ~293 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.6
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Student runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bus operation, school and employee workplace, earning a grade D.

First Student: 6.6 TCR = 146% of Bus operation, school and employee BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Student safety composite

First Student scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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).

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers
DART rate: F 9.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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: 4.0 → 9.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 9.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.39× in 2023

First Student's TCR rose 5.1 from 4.0 in 2022 to 9.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · Philadelphia, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 146% of ind

DART 9.1 DART
RANK #173/227
PHOTO DOT Bethesda Transp …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 17 inj
SIZE ~293 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DOT Bethesda Transp Depot (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.6
97390001-LOT33

6.6
All-Star-Newto

6.6

What this shows First Student averages 6.6 TCR (146% of the Bus operation, school and employee BLS benchmark).

First Student TCR series: 2022=4 · 2023=9.1 · BLS 4.5

Where First Student falls in its industry

1,574 Bus operation, school and empl 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 Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #173 safest of 227 Bus operation, school and empl employers in Pennsylvania.

First Student (293 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

First Student 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
2023	9.1	9.1	9	0	0
2022	4.0	4.0	8	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · PA · Philadelphia

1,574 Bus operation, school and employee employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,431 employers in Philadelphia, PA · 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	DOT Bethesda Transp Depot	ROCKVILLE, MD	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Southern lehigh Terminal	COOPERSBURG, PA	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	97390001-LOT33 BOE - LOT 33 - SURRATTSVILLE	CLINTON, MD	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	All-Star-Newtown	NEWTOWN, CT	6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	RITZ-CRAFT CORP of PA	MIFFLINBURG	293 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pratt (Allentown Corrugated) , LLC	MACUNGIE	293 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ACCO Brands - Alexandria	ALEXANDRIA	293 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mount Pleasant - 100 Distribution Circle	MOUNT PLEASANT	293 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FIVE BELOW INC	Philadelphia	19,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hospital of University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	13,423 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Main Hospital	Philadelphia	9,638 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Main Campus	Philadelphia	9,129 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ashland Service Center-5B	Ashland, WI	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stop & Shop 100038	Raynham, MA	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stop & Shop 100064	Orleans, MA	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stop & Shop 102706	Providence, RI	6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	City of Santa Fe Springs	Santa Fe Springs, CA	293 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Advantage Industrial Systems, LLC	Frankfort, IL	293 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Corbion/Caravan Ingredients	Lenexa, KS	293 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Georges Live Production	Springdale, AR	293 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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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.