School bus services · Connecticut

First Student - West Hartford

Name: First Student - West Hartford Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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West Hartford, CT · ~101 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.2
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Student - West Hartford runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical School bus services workplace, earning a grade D.

First Student - West Hartford: 6.2 TCR = 138% of School bus services BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Student - West Hartford safety composite

First Student - West Hartford scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−5.1

2019→2023

First Student - West Hartford injury rate improved

First Student - West Hartford's TCR fell 5.1 from 8.2 in 2019 to 3.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.2 · 2020=8.5 · 2021=8.2 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · West Hartford, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 138% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #89/113
PHOTO 473009-Sandy | OR | …
BOOK 5y book
INJ 17 inj
SIZE ~101 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 473009-Sandy | OR | ORE-830 (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.2
473009-Sandy |

6.2
27003 Red Wing

6.2
96920030-504 D

6.2
493009-East Gr

6.2

What this shows First Student - West Hartford averages 6.2 TCR (138% of the School bus services BLS benchmark).

First Student - West Hartford TCR series: 2019=8.2 · 2020=8.5 · 2021=8.2 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=3.1 · BLS 4.5

Where First Student - West Hartford falls in its industry

1,574 School bus services establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #89 safest of 113 School bus services employers in Connecticut.

First Student - West Hartford (101 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

First Student - West Hartford has more employees than the School bus services median and a higher 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
2023	3.1	0.0	2
2022	3.2	1.6	2
2021	8.2	3.3	5
2020	8.5	0.0	3
2019	8.2	0.0	5

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · CT · West Hartford

1,574 School bus services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 118 employers in West Hartford, CT · 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	473009-Sandy \| OR \| ORE-830	SANDY, OR	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	27003 Red Wing	RED WING, MN	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	96920030-504 DS BUS LINES, INC.-WEST BATON ROUGE	PORT ALLEN, LA	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	493009-East Greenwich \| RI \| OST-160	EAST GREENWICH, RI	6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Public Works	NORWALK	101 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Country Pure Foods - Ellington, Connecticut	ELLINGTON	101 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Har-Conn Chrome Company	WEST HARTFORD	101 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Morgan Truck Body LLC MCT	MOOSUP	101 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Triumph Group	West Hartford	537 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Legrand Wiremold West Hartford	West Hartford	524 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Hebrew Center for Health and Rehabilitation	West Hartford	437 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC	West Hartford	425 FTE
NAT-TCR	Bitec Inc	Morrilton, AR	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stewart Distribution	Blackshear, GA	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Electrotek Corporation	Oak Creek, WI	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	102 S. Winooski Ave	Burlington, Vt, VT	6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Horizon Specialty Hospital of Las Vegas	Las Vegas, NV	101 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lane Aviation Corp	Columbus, OH	101 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Brandt Construction Co.	Milan, IL	101 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Belmont Lodge	Pueblo, CO	101 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.