Bus operation, school and employee · New York

Freeman Bus, Inc.

Watertown, NY · ~41 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Freeman Bus, Inc. runs at 231% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bus operation, school and employee workplace, earning a grade F.

Freeman Bus, Inc.: 10.4 TCR = 231% of Bus operation, school and employee BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Freeman Bus, Inc. safety composite

Freeman Bus, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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

−13.3

2017→2020

Freeman Bus, Inc. injury rate improved

Freeman Bus, Inc.'s TCR fell 13.3 from 13.3 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 28.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=13.3 · 2018=28.2 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · Watertown, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.4 · 231% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #155/158
  • PHOTO West County Transpor…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: West County Transportation Agency (0.1 TCR gap)

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Freeman Bus, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Freeman Bus, Inc. averages 10.4 TCR (231% of the Bus operation, school and employee BLS benchmark).

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

Freeman Bus, Inc. TCR series: 2017=13.3 · 2018=28.2 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Freeman Bus, Inc. falls in its industry

1,574 Bus operation, school and empl establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #155 safest of 158 Bus operation, school and empl employers in New York.

Freeman Bus, Inc. (41 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Freeman Bus, Inc.
Freeman Bus, Inc. (41 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Freeman Bus, Inc. has fewer employees than the Bus operation, school and employee 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 28.2 28.2 3 0 0
2017 13.3 8.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · NY · Watertown

1,574 Bus operation, school and employee employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 115 employers in Watertown, NY · 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 West County Transportation Agency 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2662-3060 10.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR STA-Kansas City(MO) 10.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2662-3017 10.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE LAKESIDE ORCHARDS INC. 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Martens Fresh, LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steam Distribution System 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE OAKWOOD AVENUE CREW LOCATION-NY14 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Samaritan Medical Center 1,735 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Arc Jefferson-St Lawrence NY 1,264 FTE
CITY-NEAR CAR-FRESHNER Corporation 430 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1871 381 FTE
NAT-TCR Willows Center 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Community Aid Inc 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Pacific Coast Fruit Co - Kent WA 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The IFH Group, Inc. 10.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE AGP Plastics Inc. 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE S04108 - Simi Valley Landfill and Recycling Center 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tailored Chemical Plant 1 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3324 Econofoods (Somerset Wi) 41 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.