Bus operation, school and employee · Illinois

First Student

Name: First Student Workplace Safety Data
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Skokie, IL · ~78 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Student runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bus operation, school and employee workplace, earning a grade A.

First Student: 2.2 TCR = 49% of Bus operation, school and employee BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Student safety composite

First Student scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% 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).

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−1.9

2022→2024

First Student injury rate improved

First Student's TCR fell 1.9 from 3.5 in 2022 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.5 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · Skokie, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 2.2 · 49% of ind

DART 1.6 DART
RANK #14/110
PHOTO 2662-4114
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2662-4114 (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.2
2662-4114

2.2
2662-4074

2.2
First Student

2.2
12731 KIPP Aus

2.2

What this shows First Student averages 2.2 TCR (49% of the Bus operation, school and employee BLS benchmark).

First Student TCR series: 2022=3.5 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 4.5

Where First Student falls in its industry

1,574 Bus operation, school and empl establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 110 Bus operation, school and empl employers in Illinois.

First Student (78 employees, TCR 2.2) 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 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
2024	1.6	1.6	1
2023	1.7	1.7	1
2022	3.5	3.5	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · IL · Skokie

1,574 Bus operation, school and employee employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 117 employers in Skokie, IL · 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	2662-4114	THORNTON, NH	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2662-4074	ASHLAND, MA	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	First Student Richmond	RICHMOND, VA	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	12731 KIPP Austin	AUSTIN, TX	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Bedford Grow LLC	BEDFORD PARK	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Waukegan Station	WAUKEGAN	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Chicago West Tech	CHICAGO	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corn Belt Energy Corporation	BLOOMINGTON	78 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Federal-Mogul Corporation	Skokie	1,250 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Skokie Campus	Skokie	1,245 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Federal Mogul	Skokie	1,123 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SKOKIE HOSPITAL	Skokie	992 FTE
NAT-TCR	10696 One Wall Street	New York, NY	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	TK Elevator Roanoke	Roanoke, VA	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Haemonetics-Clinton	Clinton, PA	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	ABCO Transporation, Inc. - OCF	Ocala, FL	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Apple Rehab Clipper	Westerly, RI	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Imc Dmc Physicians	Mobile, AL	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bison Transport USA - Des Moines	Des Moines, IA	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Del Monte Fresh Produce	Dallas, TX	78 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, 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.