School bus services · Minnesota

Palmer Bus Service of Mankato, Inc.

North Mankato, MN · ~108 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palmer Bus Service of Mankato, Inc. runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical School bus services workplace, earning a grade D.

Palmer Bus Service of Mankato, Inc.: 7.9 TCR = 175% of School bus services BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palmer Bus Service of Mankato, Inc. safety composite

Palmer Bus Service of Mankato, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

−7.2

2022→2024

Palmer Bus Service of Mankato, Inc. injury rate improved

Palmer Bus Service of Mankato, Inc.'s TCR fell 7.2 from 13.9 in 2022 to 6.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 13.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=13.9 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=6.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · North Mankato, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 7.9 · 175% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #37/45
  • PHOTO STA - Hempfield
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~108 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: STA - Hempfield (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palmer Bus Service of Mankato, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palmer Bus Service of Mankato, Inc. averages 7.9 TCR (175% of the School bus services BLS benchmark).

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

Palmer Bus Service of Mankato, Inc. TCR series: 2022=13.9 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=6.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Palmer Bus Service of Mankato, Inc. falls in its industry

1,574 School bus services establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 45 School bus services employers in Minnesota.

Palmer Bus Service of Mankato, Inc. (108 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Palmer Bus Service of Mankato, Inc.
Palmer Bus Service of Mankato, Inc. (108 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Palmer Bus Service of Mankato, Inc. has more employees than the School bus services 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 6.7 1.7 4 0 0
2023 3.1 1.5 2 0 0
2022 13.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · MN · North Mankato

1,574 School bus services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 57 employers in North Mankato, MN · 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 STA - Hempfield 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2662-4060 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR First Student Princeton 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 533020-Katy | TX | 533020 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gordon Construction of Mahnomen, Inc 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kraemer North America - MN All Others 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gartner Refrigeration 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main 108 FTE
CITY-NEAR FUN.com Inc 776 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Occasions Group Inc. - 0156-MNNO3 542 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Occasions Group - MN - 0156 404 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Graphics Commercial - 0027-MNNO10 349 FTE
NAT-TCR 3902 N Oklahoma City 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 4726 Tulalip 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Nyu - 3rd North 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Midway Dairy LLC 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Al's V, Inc. 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Al's IV, Inc. 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5363 Lathrop Idc West 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1052 San Luis Obispo 108 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.