Local transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) · Connecticut

First Transit #55835

Name: First Transit #55835 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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East Hartford, CT · ~248 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Transit #55835 runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Local transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) workplace, earning a grade D.

First Transit #55835: 6.5 TCR = 143% of Local transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Transit #55835 safety composite

First Transit #55835 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers
DART rate: F 8.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Rising injury rate

First Transit #55835: 4.7 → 8.2 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 8.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.27× in 2020

First Transit #55835's TCR rose 3.6 from 4.7 in 2018 to 8.2 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485111 · East Hartford, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 143% of ind

DART 8.2 DART
RANK #3/6
PHOTO Metro Transit East M…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 29 inj
SIZE ~248 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Metro Transit East Metro Garage (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.5
Metro Transit

6.5
57207 Chenango

6.5
2234 HARLEM MA

6.4
1953-2210

6.4

What this shows First Transit #55835 averages 6.5 TCR (143% of the Local transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS benchmark).

First Transit #55835 TCR series: 2018=4.7 · 2020=8.2 · BLS 4.5

Where First Transit #55835 falls in its industry

421 Local transit systems, mixed m establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Local transit systems, mixed m employers in Connecticut.

First Transit #55835 (248 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

First Transit #55835 has more employees than the Local transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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
2020	8.2	8.2	17	0	0
2018	4.7	4.7	12	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485111 · CT · East Hartford

421 Local transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 119 employers in East 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	Metro Transit East Metro Garage	ST PAUL, MN	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2234 HARLEM MAINTENANCE	OAK PARK, IL	6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1953-2210	CHICAGO, IL	6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	57207 Chenango County Public Transit	NORWICH, NY	6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	BURNS CONSTRUCTION	STRATFORD	248 FTE
STATE-SIZE	King Industries Norwalk	NORWALK	248 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Amazon.com Services LLC - DCY9	ORANGE	248 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Brooks Brothers Group - EN100	ENFIELD	248 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Pratt & Whitney East Hartford	East Hartford	9,837 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cyient, Inc.	East Hartford	1,228 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cyient, Inc (US combined)	East Hartford	1,074 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DDS North Region	East Hartford	755 FTE
NAT-TCR	willamette construction services inc.	Portland, OR	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Antonio R Soto FLC	Lindsay, CA	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	E.D. Chase Company Inc.	Oshkosh, WI	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	CD Redding Construction	Salem, OR	6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Meijer Store 137	Lafayette, IN	248 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tampa Bay, FL	Tampa, FL	248 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Veterans Victory House	Walterboro, SC	248 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Continental Structural Plastics - Conneaut	Conneaut, OH	248 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: 2020, 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.