School bus services · Minnesota
First Student Wayzata
Plymouth, MN · ~153 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
First Student Wayzata runs at 161% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical School bus services workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.3
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 12
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares First Student Wayzata's OSHA Total Case Rate of 7.3 to the School bus services BLS benchmark of 4.5 (161% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
First Student Wayzata's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.
Where First Student Wayzata falls in its industry
1,825 School bus services establishmentsSafer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 55 School bus services employers in Minnesota.
Trend analysis for First Student Wayzata
Between 2019 and 2024, First Student Wayzata's Total Case Rate improved from 8.6 to 5.9 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 31% decrease across 5 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2024, at a TCR of 5.9, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 8.6, a spread of 2.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, First Student Wayzata recorded 12 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 12 injuries shown on this page for First Student Wayzata are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 485410 - School bus services.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
3 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 135,201 hours worked = 4.44 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| First Student Wayzata (this establishment) | 7.26 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| School bus services industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 485410 |
| Minnesota state avg (all industries) | 5.18 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by First Student Wayzata to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.6 | 2.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on First Student Wayzata's reported OSHA injury record versus its School bus services peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 161% of the School bus services benchmark, First Student Wayzata reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider School bus services sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.