School bus services · Illinois

First Student Wheeling

Name: First Student Wheeling Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Wheeling, IL · ~128 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.7
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Student Wheeling runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical School bus services workplace, earning a grade C.

First Student Wheeling: 4.7 TCR = 104% of School bus services BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Student Wheeling safety composite

First Student Wheeling scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−0.7

2018→2023

First Student Wheeling injury rate improved

First Student Wheeling's TCR fell 0.7 from 3.5 in 2018 to 2.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.5 · 2022=8.0 · 2023=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · Wheeling, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.7 · 104% of ind

DART 2.7 DART
RANK #61/110
PHOTO First Student Hudson
BOOK 3y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~128 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: First Student Hudson (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows First Student Wheeling averages 4.7 TCR (104% of the School bus services BLS benchmark).

First Student Wheeling TCR series: 2018=3.5 · 2022=8 · 2023=2.7 · BLS 4.5

Where First Student Wheeling falls in its industry

1,574 School bus services establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #61 safest of 110 School bus services employers in Illinois.

First Student Wheeling (128 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

First Student Wheeling 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	2.7	2.7	2
2022	8.0	2.3	7
2018	3.5	3.5	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · IL · Wheeling

1,574 School bus services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 136 employers in Wheeling, 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	First Student Hudson	HUDSON, MA	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	6601 EAST REGION-KEYSTONE OAKS PA	PITTSBURGH, PA	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	591-Keller	KELLER, TX	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2662-2016	HAYWARD, CA	4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Orsted - Chicago	CHICAGO	128 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Henkels & McCoy, Illinois - Salem	SALEM	128 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Howell Paving, Inc.	MATTOON	128 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Arrow Road	MT. PROSPECT	128 FTE
CITY-NEAR	IL-01	Wheeling	4,581 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wheeling School District 21	Wheeling	967 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Main Office - 01	Wheeling	800 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Response Team 1	Wheeling	728 FTE
NAT-TCR	ToyotaLift NE - PHX	Phoenixville, PA	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Merit Professional Coatings Holdings LLC	Tampa, FL	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kuehne + Nagel Inc. (DVP-6604)	Davenport, FL	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill	Kansas City, MO	4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Willow Manor Management, LLC	Vincennes, IN	128 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bennington #171	Bennington, VT	128 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Schumacher Homes of Operations, Inc	Canton, OH	128 FTE
NAT-SIZE	GSC : Metem - Parsippany, NJ, USA	Parsippany, NJ	128 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, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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