Assembly plants, heavy trucks, and buses on chassis of own manufacture · New York
Novabus
Plattsburgh, NY · ~397 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Novabus runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Assembly plants, heavy trucks, and buses on chassis of own manufacture workplace, earning a grade D.
Novabus: 4.4 TCR = 133% of Assembly plants, heavy trucks, and buses on chassis of own manufacture BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Novabus safety composite
Novabus scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% 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
−2.8
2016→2021
Novabus injury rate improved
Novabus's TCR fell 2.8 from 5.2 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.2 · 2017=5.3 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=4.0 · 2021=2.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336120 · Plattsburgh, NY ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 133% of ind
- DART 1.4 DART
- RANK #3/5
- PHOTO E-One NY
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 98 inj
- SIZE ~397 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: E-One NY (0.0 TCR gap)
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Novabus in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Test and Devel
Test and Development Center
4.5 TCR
- This site
Novabus
4.4 TCR
- E-One NY
E-One NY
4.4 TCR
- Sutphen Chassi
Sutphen Chassis
4.4 TCR
- E-Coat Facilit
E-Coat Facility
4.3 TCR
What this shows Novabus averages 4.4 TCR (133% of the Assembly plants, heavy trucks, and buses on chassis of own manufacture BLS benchmark).
Novabus TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2017=5.3 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=4 · 2021=2.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Novabus falls in its industry
124 Assembly plants, heavy trucks, establishmentsSafer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Assembly plants, heavy trucks, employers in New York.
Novabus has more employees than the Assembly plants, heavy trucks, and buses median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336120 · NY · Plattsburgh
124 Assembly plants, heavy trucks, and buses 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 | E-One NY | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sutphen Chassis | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | E-Coat Facility | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Test and Development Center | 4.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | ABX Innovative Packaging Solutions, LLC | 397 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wegmans John Glenn 001 | 397 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1264 - Levittown | 397 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1619 | 397 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 | Classic Panel of Tennessee | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2077-Us Dd Nw Lorton Branch | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hill Bros. Transportation Inc. | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sycamore Village | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 0068 - Salem or Whse | 397 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | STULZ Air Technology Systems, Inc. | 397 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Associated Physicians of Hmfp | 397 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Orlando - FDC | 397 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.