School bus services · California

First Student San Rafael

San Rafael, CA · ~51 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

First Student San Rafael runs at 28% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical School bus services workplace, earning a grade A.

First Student San Rafael: 1.3 TCR = 28% of School bus services BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Student San Rafael safety composite

First Student San Rafael scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% 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

−439.9

2018→2024

First Student San Rafael injury rate improved

First Student San Rafael's TCR fell 439.9 from 439.9 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 439.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=439.9 · 2019=2.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · San Rafael, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 28% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/119
  • PHOTO Vandalia
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vandalia (0.0 TCR gap)

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First Student San Rafael in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows First Student San Rafael averages 1.3 TCR (28% 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 San Rafael TCR series: 2018=439.9 · 2019=2.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where First Student San Rafael falls in its industry

1,574 School bus services establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 119 School bus services employers in California.

First Student San Rafael (51 employees, TCR 1.3) 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 San Rafael
First Student San Rafael (51 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

First Student San Rafael 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2018 439.9 439.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · CA · San Rafael

1,574 School bus services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 115 employers in San Rafael, CA · 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 Vandalia 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dean Transportation, Inc. - Olivet 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 163008-Ledyard | CT | CTG-300 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR First Student West Linn 20242 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Robert Young Vineyards 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE H&W Vineyards 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Huber Farms Inc 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Taylor Brothers Farms Inc 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-02121151 1,372 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bay Area Community Resources 1,180 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0206-02621151 1,007 FTE
CITY-NEAR 02821151 SAN RAFAEL HOSPITAL 834 FTE
NAT-TCR Blistex 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR SAI Cincinnati 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Stryker Salt Lake City 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Packaging Personified 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE P/W of Nashville INC 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Locust Grove Village 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gorman-Rupp Industries 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heatcraft Refrigerated Products - Stone Mountain 51 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: 2024, 2019, 2018. 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.