Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) · District of Columbia

Northern Bus Facility

Washington, DC · ~331 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northern Bus Facility runs at 251% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) workplace, earning a grade F.

Northern Bus Facility: 11.3 TCR = 251% of Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Bus Facility safety composite

Northern Bus Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

Northern Bus Facility: 9.4 → 12.6 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 13.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.12× in 2019

Northern Bus Facility's TCR rose 3.2 from 9.4 in 2016 to 12.6 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 13.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485111 · Washington, DC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 11.3 · 251% of ind

  • DART 12.6 DART
  • RANK #6/8
  • PHOTO 1111 103RD ST SCHEDU…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 122 inj
  • SIZE ~331 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1111 103RD ST SCHEDULED TRANSIT OPERATIONS (0.1 TCR gap)

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Northern Bus Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northern Bus Facility averages 11.3 TCR (251% of the Mixed mode transit systems (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

Northern Bus Facility TCR series: 2016=9.4 · 2017=13 · 2018=10.1 · 2019=12.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Northern Bus Facility falls in its industry

421 Mixed mode transit systems (e. establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to District of Columbia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Mixed mode transit systems (e. employers in District of Columbia.

Northern Bus Facility (331 employees, TCR 11.3) 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 Northern Bus Facility
Northern Bus Facility (331 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Northern Bus Facility has more employees than the Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, c 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
2019 12.6 12.6 17 2 0
2018 10.1 9.0 33 4 0
2017 13.0 12.1 44 1 0
2016 9.4 8.6 28 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485111 · DC · Washington

421 Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 793 rated employers in District of Columbia with headcount on file · 748 employers in Washington, DC · 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 1111 103RD ST SCHEDULED TRANSIT OPERATIONS 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1953-1342 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley Transit District 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4131 POWER MAINTENANCE 11.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Anthem 330 FTE
STATE-SIZE Control Risks Group LLC 328 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metro Center - Downtown DC 068 327 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterfront Centre, USDA 335 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's National Medical Center 7,153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medstar Washington Hospital Center 7,073 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medstar Georgetown University Hospital 4,771 FTE
CITY-NEAR Customs and Border Protection - Headquarters 3,601 FTE
NAT-TCR 4769-916-West Elm 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 18 - Theisen's - Pella 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Corp. Office 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Tuff Shed Store 170 - Seattle - NW 11.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hillside Farms Farm Labor Contracting, Inc. 331 FTE
NAT-SIZE WCFLTXKQ 331 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gw Medical Faculty Associates 331 FTE
NAT-SIZE ShoreCare 331 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.