School bus services · Pennsylvania
Kauffman Bus Service Inc.
Mechanicsburg, PA · ~77 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kauffman Bus Service Inc. runs at 35% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical School bus services workplace, earning a grade A.
Kauffman Bus Service Inc.: 1.6 TCR = 35% of School bus services BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kauffman Bus Service Inc. safety composite
Kauffman Bus Service Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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).
64/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.56 per 100 workers
Safer than 90% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% 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%).
Kauffman Bus Service Inc. held a steady TCR band
Kauffman Bus Service Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 2.9 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=2.9 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=2.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 485410 · Mechanicsburg, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 35% of ind
- DART 2.8 DART
- RANK #33/227
- PHOTO RCX Oklahoma
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~77 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: RCX Oklahoma (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kauffman Bus Service Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Kauffman Bus Service Inc.
1.6 TCR
- RCX Oklahoma
RCX Oklahoma
1.6 TCR
- 163509-Litchfi
163509-Litchfield | CT | 163509
1.6 TCR
- 163507-Burling
163507-Burlington | CT | 163507
1.6 TCR
- 20061- Bickfor
20061- Bickford
1.6 TCR
What this shows Kauffman Bus Service Inc. averages 1.6 TCR (35% of the School bus services BLS benchmark).
Kauffman Bus Service Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 4.5
Where Kauffman Bus Service Inc. falls in its industry
1,574 School bus services establishmentsSafer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 227 School bus services employers in Pennsylvania.
Kauffman Bus Service Inc. has more employees than the School bus services median and a lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
485410 · PA · Mechanicsburg
1,574 School bus services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 219 employers in Mechanicsburg, PA · 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 | RCX Oklahoma | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 163509-Litchfield | CT | 163509 | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 163507-Burlington | CT | 163507 | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 20061- Bickford | 1.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Middletown Egg | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | UGI Lancaster | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Transwall Office Systems | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Reynolds Enterprises, Inc. - Reynolds Construction, LLC (Harrisburg) | 77 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg PA | 2,769 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | EFC3 | 740 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HARRISBURG (PAMBG) | 701 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PAMBG - HARRISBURG | 606 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | The Thomas J. Dyer Company | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Community Medical Center, Inc. | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Global Industrial Co. - Buford, GA | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC - 442 | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Petra Construction Corp. | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SLNC, Inc. dba SouthFork River Therapy and Living | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Raymon Enterprise, Inc. | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | City of Portage - Department of Public Safety - Police Division | 77 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.