Bus operation, school and employee · California
Merced Union High School District Transportation Department
Merced, CA · ~41 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.7
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Merced Union High School District Transportation Department runs at 283% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bus operation, school and employee workplace, earning a grade F.
Merced Union High School District Transportation Department: 12.7 TCR = 283% of Bus operation, school and employee BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Merced Union High School District Transportation Department safety composite
Merced Union High School District Transportation Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 12.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% 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%).
Merced Union High School District Transportation Department held a steady TCR band
Merced Union High School District Transportation Department's TCR held near 0.2 from 12.8 in 2023 to 12.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 12.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=12.8 · 2024=12.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 485410 · Merced, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 12.7 · 283% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #108/119
- PHOTO 343008-St. Louis | M…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~41 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 343008-St. Louis | MO | 343008 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Merced Union High School District Transportation Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- 343008-St. Lou
343008-St. Louis | MO | 343008
12.8 TCR
- Transportation
Transportation Department
12.8 TCR
- 303006-Annapol
303006-Annapolis | PA | 303006
12.8 TCR
- This site
Merced Union High School District Transportation Department
12.7 TCR
- Germantown Ter
Germantown Terminal
12.7 TCR
What this shows Merced Union High School District Transportation Department averages 12.7 TCR (283% of the Bus operation, school and employee BLS benchmark).
Merced Union High School District Transportation Department TCR series: 2023=12.8 · 2024=12.6 · BLS 4.5
Where Merced Union High School District Transportation Department falls in its industry
1,574 Bus operation, school and empl establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #108 safest of 119 Bus operation, school and empl employers in California.
Merced Union High School District Transportation Department 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12.6 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12.8 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
485410 · CA · Merced
1,574 Bus operation, school and employee employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 187 employers in Merced, CA · 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 | 343008-St. Louis | MO | 343008 | 12.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Transportation Department | 12.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Germantown Terminal | 12.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 303006-Annapolis | PA | 303006 | 12.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CAL-O ORGANIC FARMING ADMINISTRATION | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | Lindsay | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | IEW Enterprise | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | George Jackson Farms, Inc. | 41 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6403-64030211 | 1,404 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 64030211-211001 MERCY MEDICAL CENTER MERCED | 1,306 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dignity Health | 1,279 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2643-64030211-211001 | 1,200 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Columbia | 12.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Txden - Denton | 12.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Patwn - East Zone Regional Hub | 12.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Swick Plumbing and Heating | 12.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Kempf Philadelphia | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Commonwealth Norfolk | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GTS Kent | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Chicago | 41 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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