Bus operation, school and employee · Minnesota

Palmer Bus Service of Round Lake-Brewster Inc.

Brewster, MN · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palmer Bus Service of Round Lake-Brewster Inc. runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bus operation, school and employee workplace, earning a grade B.

Palmer Bus Service of Round Lake-Brewster Inc.: 2.6 TCR = 59% of Bus operation, school and employee BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palmer Bus Service of Round Lake-Brewster Inc. safety composite

Palmer Bus Service of Round Lake-Brewster Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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%).

Palmer Bus Service of Round Lake-Brewster Inc. held a steady TCR band

Palmer Bus Service of Round Lake-Brewster Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=0.0 · 2023=8.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · Brewster, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 59% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/45
  • PHOTO Dean Transportation,…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dean Transportation, Inc. - Alpena (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palmer Bus Service of Round Lake-Brewster 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 Round Lake-Brewster Inc. averages 2.6 TCR (59% of the Bus operation, school and employee BLS benchmark).

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

Palmer Bus Service of Round Lake-Brewster Inc. TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=8 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Palmer Bus Service of Round Lake-Brewster Inc. falls in its industry

1,574 Bus operation, school and empl establishments

Safer than 74% 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 #10 safest of 45 Bus operation, school and empl employers in Minnesota.

Palmer Bus Service of Round Lake-Brewster Inc. (23 employees, TCR 2.6) 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 Round Lake-Brewster Inc.
Palmer Bus Service of Round Lake-Brewster Inc. (23 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Palmer Bus Service of Round Lake-Brewster Inc. has fewer employees than the Bus operation, school and employee median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 8.0 8.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · MN · Brewster

1,574 Bus operation, school and employee employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 7 employers in Brewster, 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 Dean Transportation, Inc. - Alpena 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3082 CENTRAL REGION-OTTUMWA 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 163519-Washington | CT | 163519 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2046 WEST REGION-STEILACOOM WA 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brooten 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE MNHT-SEL-HIGHWAY 12' 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fergus Falls CSC 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR MNSP 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minnesota Soybean Processors 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Round Lake-Brewster ISD 2907 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Vision Coop-Brewster Office 32 FTE
NAT-TCR Seneca Millwork Incorporated 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 4109 Cheltenham 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Gemini Precision Machining, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 8981 Chardon 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE ORD-8800 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hi Pro Feeds Hill Country 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crisis Stabilization Unit 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Varflex Twist and Ply 23 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.