School bus services · New York

First Student

Name: First Student Workplace Safety Data
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Syracuse, NY · ~205 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.6
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Student runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical School bus services workplace, earning a grade B.

First Student: 2.6 TCR = 59% of School bus services BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Student safety composite

First Student scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% 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).

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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

−5.3

2022→2023

First Student injury rate improved

First Student's TCR fell 5.3 from 5.3 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.3 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · Syracuse, NY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 59% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #71/158
PHOTO 163519-Washington | …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~205 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 163519-Washington | CT | 163519 (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.6
163519-Washing

2.6
2046 WEST REGI

2.6
12675 - Methac

2.6
Palmer Bus Ser

2.6

What this shows First Student averages 2.6 TCR (59% of the School bus services BLS benchmark).

First Student TCR series: 2022=5.3 · 2023=0 · BLS 4.5

Where First Student falls in its industry

1,574 School bus services establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #71 safest of 158 School bus services employers in New York.

First Student (205 employees, TCR 2.6) 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 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
2023	0.0	0.0	1	0	0
2022	5.3	5.3	6	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · NY · Syracuse

1,574 School bus services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 436 employers in Syracuse, NY · 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	163519-Washington \| CT \| 163519	WASHINGTON DEPOT, CT	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2046 WEST REGION-STEILACOOM WA	LAKEWOOD, WA	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	12675 - Methacton	EAGLEVILLE, PA	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Palmer Bus Service of Round Lake-Brewster Inc.	BREWSTER, MN	2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	BelGioioso Cheese - Campbell	CAMPBELL	205 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Saint-Gobain (Albion,NY)	ALBION	205 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cox & Company, Inc.	PLAINVIEW	205 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Supplyhouse LLC	MELVILLE	205 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Joseph's Health	Syracuse	4,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY	Syracuse	3,970 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center	Syracuse	3,720 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center-SJH-NY	Syracuse	2,803 FTE
NAT-TCR	Families in Transition	Manchester, NH	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wayfield Foods Store 1	Jonesboro, GA	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Brinkers Fuels	Doylestown, PA	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Milton Ofc and Svc Ctr	Milton, WV	2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	UHL Company, Inc	Maple Grove, MN	205 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pfizer Boulder	Boulder, CO	205 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Topocean Consolidation Service, Inc.	City of Industry, CA	205 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Aerospace : Dublin	Dublin, GA	205 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.