School bus services · Louisiana

First Student

Name: First Student Workplace Safety Data
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Ville Platte, LA · ~96 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.9
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Student runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical School bus services workplace, earning a grade C.

First Student: 3.9 TCR = 86% of School bus services BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Student safety composite

First Student 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 3.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

−6.2

2018→2024

First Student injury rate improved

First Student's TCR fell 6.2 from 6.2 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.2 · 2021=7.2 · 2022=2.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · Ville Platte, LA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 86% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #12/20
PHOTO First Student - 1281…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: First Student - 12811 Madison (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows First Student averages 3.9 TCR (86% of the School bus services BLS benchmark).

First Student TCR series: 2018=6.2 · 2021=7.2 · 2022=2.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where First Student falls in its industry

1,574 School bus services establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 20 School bus services employers in Louisiana.

First Student (96 employees, TCR 3.9) 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
2024	0.0	0.0	0	0
2022	2.2	2.2	1	0
2021	7.2	0.0	1	2
2018	6.2	6.2	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · LA · Ville Platte

1,574 School bus services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 17 employers in Ville Platte, LA · 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	First Student - 12811 Madison	MADISON, WI	3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Harlow's School Bus Service of Montana - Stevensville	STEVENSVILLE, MT	3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2662-2006	OXNARD, CA	3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2662-4106	ODENTON, MD	3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	West Monroe	WEST MONROE	96 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gibbs Construction LLC	NEW ORLEANS	96 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Performance Contractors, Inc. - BASF	GEISMAR	96 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Jefferson, LA Office CS	JEFFERSON	96 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ville Platte Medical Center LLC	Ville Platte	538 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cameron V&M	Ville Platte	395 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cameron	Ville Platte	300 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 312	Ville Platte	213 FTE
NAT-TCR	Franciscan Health Mooresville	Mooresville, IN	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	American Industrial Door LLC	Central Point, OR	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	KAG West 52027 Rialto	Rialto, CA	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	40275 Capstone Schnucks Markets St Louis	St Louis, MO	3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	S&R Egg Farm Inc.	Whitewater, WI	96 FTE
NAT-SIZE	VTC Santa Rosa	Santa Rosa, CA	96 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Discover Goodwill of Southern and Western Colorado- Ability One Laundry	Colorado Springs, CO	96 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sheraton Philadelphia University City Hotel	Philadelphia, PA	96 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, 2022, 2021, 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.