Buses (except trackless trolley) assembling on chassis of own manufacture · New York

Nova Bus (US) Inc.

Plattsburgh, NY · ~385 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nova Bus (US) Inc. runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Buses (except trackless trolley) assembling on chassis of own manufacture workplace, earning a grade C.

Nova Bus (US) Inc.: 3.4 TCR = 103% of Buses (except trackless trolley) assembling on chassis of own manufacture BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nova Bus (US) Inc. safety composite

Nova Bus (US) Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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

−3.6

2022→2024

Nova Bus (US) Inc. injury rate improved

Nova Bus (US) Inc.'s TCR fell 3.6 from 4.9 in 2022 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.9 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336120 · Plattsburgh, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 103% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO West Plant
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 52 inj
  • SIZE ~385 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: West Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nova Bus (US) Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nova Bus (US) Inc. averages 3.4 TCR (103% of the Buses (except trackless trolley) assembling on chassis of own manufacture BLS benchmark).

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

Nova Bus (US) Inc. TCR series: 2022=4.9 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Nova Bus (US) Inc. falls in its industry

124 Buses (except trackless trolle establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Buses (except trackless trolle employers in New York.

Nova Bus (US) Inc. (385 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 223 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Nova Bus (US) Inc.
Nova Bus (US) Inc. (385 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 223 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Nova Bus (US) Inc. has more employees than the Buses (except trackless trolley) assembl median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 1.2 0.4 10 0 0
2023 4.1 2.5 21 0 0
2022 4.9 3.5 21 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336120 · NY · Plattsburgh

124 Buses (except trackless trolley) assembling on chassis of own manufacture employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 96 employers in Plattsburgh, 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 Plant 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Klauber Machine & Gear 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR D&Z MRO - New Boston, TX 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sutphen Corporation 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE LOUDON #138 385 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wegmans Harrison 141 385 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lyell Avenue 385 FTE
STATE-SIZE EHP-Utica 385 FTE
CITY-NEAR Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center 2,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR Schluter Systems, LP 801 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clinton County Chapter NYSARC 611 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mold-Rite Plastics LLC 509 FTE
NAT-TCR BRT Extrusions Inc 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Professional Plating 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR OH201 West Chester - Trey 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Kal 2016, LLC 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lumentum 1001 Ridder Park Drive 385 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlantic Diving Supply INC 385 FTE
NAT-SIZE G III LEATHER FASHIONS, INC. / CK Distribution Center 385 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nahan Printing Saint Cloud 385 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.