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

FirstTransit

Houston, TX · ~451 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

FirstTransit runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Suburban transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) workplace, earning a grade C.

FirstTransit: 5.1 TCR = 113% of Suburban transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

FirstTransit safety composite

FirstTransit scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.6

2016→2018

FirstTransit injury rate improved

FirstTransit's TCR fell 3.6 from 6.9 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.9 · 2018=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485111 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 5.1 · 113% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #10/16
  • PHOTO Keolis
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~451 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Keolis (0.0 TCR gap)

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FirstTransit in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows FirstTransit averages 5.1 TCR (113% of the Suburban transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

FirstTransit TCR series: 2016=6.9 · 2018=3.3 · BLS 4.5

Where FirstTransit falls in its industry

421 Suburban transit systems, mixe establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 16 Suburban transit systems, mixe employers in Texas.

FirstTransit (451 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate FirstTransit
FirstTransit (451 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

FirstTransit has more employees than the Suburban transit systems, mixed mode (e. median and a lower 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
2018 3.3 2.5 16 0 0
2016 6.9 3.4 25 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485111 · TX · Houston

421 Suburban transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Keolis 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 55375 Perris 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Falls Church Rail Facility 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Laredo Transit Management Inc. 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE CenterPoint Energy Tower CP26 451 FTE
STATE-SIZE EControls 451 FTE
STATE-SIZE PJ Trailers Manufacturing, Inc. Sumner 451 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sales - Region 4 - Frisco, TX 451 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR Renaissance Center 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ernst Enterprises of GA Lithonia 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Madison Heights (Mimad) 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Courtyard Flagstaff 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hodge Mill 451 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lumentum Corporate 451 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rai Hq Ind 451 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sproul Warehouse 451 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: 2018, 2016. 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.