Bus operation, school and employee · Connecticut

First Student Ridgefield 12648

Name: First Student Ridgefield 12648 Workplace Safety Data
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Ridgefield, CT · ~63 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Student Ridgefield 12648 runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bus operation, school and employee workplace, earning a grade C.

First Student Ridgefield 12648: 3.8 TCR = 84% of Bus operation, school and employee BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Student Ridgefield 12648 safety composite

First Student Ridgefield 12648 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).

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

−0.5

2016→2019

First Student Ridgefield 12648 injury rate improved

First Student Ridgefield 12648's TCR fell 0.5 from 4.8 in 2016 to 4.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.8 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 84% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #57/113
PHOTO SAN RAMON VALLEY USD
BOOK 3y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SAN RAMON VALLEY USD (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows First Student Ridgefield 12648 averages 3.8 TCR (84% of the Bus operation, school and employee BLS benchmark).

First Student Ridgefield 12648 TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=4.3 · BLS 4.5

Where First Student Ridgefield 12648 falls in its industry

1,574 Bus operation, school and empl establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #57 safest of 113 Bus operation, school and empl employers in Connecticut.

First Student Ridgefield 12648 (63 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

First Student Ridgefield 12648 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
2019	4.3	0.0	2
2018	2.2	0.0	1
2016	4.8	4.8	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · CT · Ridgefield

1,574 Bus operation, school and employee employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 36 employers in Ridgefield, 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	SAN RAMON VALLEY USD	DANVILLE, CA	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	293007-Dennis-Yarmouth \| MA \| 293007	SOUTH YARMOUTH, MA	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Plainview 20433	PLAINVIEW, TX	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	4101 CENTRAL REGION-ANN ARBOR	ANN ARBOR, MI	3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Public Works	EAST HARTFORD	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Blakeslee Arpaia Chapman	BRANFORD	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Greenwood Industries CT	NORTH HAVEN	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	OSF FLAVORS INC.	WINDSOR	63 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BI Pharmaceuticals/BI USA	Ridgefield	5,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceutics Inc.	Ridgefield	4,620 FTE
CITY-NEAR	RVNA	Ridgefield	256 FTE
CITY-NEAR	RVNAhealth	Ridgefield	254 FTE
NAT-TCR	Tuff Shed Store 470 -Tampa - SE	Tampa, FL	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	6962-Swy 0025 1757	Hollister, CA	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	209 - Florence-KY	Florence, KY	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Store 0349	Leesburg, FL	3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	242 Delsea Dr	Sewell, NJ	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2611 Fairview Ave N	Roseville, MN	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	6962-Abs 0028 0802	Huntington Beach, CA	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	6962-Abs 0028 0740	Oceanside, CA	63 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, 2018, 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.