School bus services · Minnesota

Palmer Bus Service of Shakopee, Inc.

Name: Palmer Bus Service of Shakopee, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Shakopee, MN · ~119 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.7
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Palmer Bus Service of Shakopee, Inc. runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical School bus services workplace, earning a grade C.

Palmer Bus Service of Shakopee, Inc.: 3.7 TCR = 83% of School bus services BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palmer Bus Service of Shakopee, Inc. safety composite

Palmer Bus Service of Shakopee, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Palmer Bus Service of Shakopee, Inc.: 2.3 → 4.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.4× in 2024

Palmer Bus Service of Shakopee, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.2 from 2.3 in 2022 to 4.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · Shakopee, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 83% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK #12/45
PHOTO 11212 Elyria
BOOK 3y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 11212 Elyria (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.7
11212 Elyria

3.7
First Student

3.7
2013 WEST REGI

3.7
R. J. Rhodes T

3.7

What this shows Palmer Bus Service of Shakopee, Inc. averages 3.7 TCR (83% of the School bus services BLS benchmark).

Palmer Bus Service of Shakopee, Inc. TCR series: 2022=2.3 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 4.5

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

1,574 School bus services establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 45 School bus services employers in Minnesota.

Palmer Bus Service of Shakopee, Inc. (119 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Palmer Bus Service of Shakopee, Inc. has more employees than the School bus services 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
2024	4.5	1.5	3
2023	4.4	4.4	3
2022	2.3	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · MN · Shakopee

1,574 School bus services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 180 employers in Shakopee, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	11212 Elyria	ELYRIA, OH	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	First Student	WASHINGTON, MO	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2013 WEST REGION-GRASS VALLEY	GRASS VALLEY, CA	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	R. J. Rhodes Transit, Inc.	AMBRIDGE, PA	3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Rice Companies Inc.	SAUK RAPIDS	119 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lindsay Windows Minnesota	NORTH MANKATO	119 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WSI Industries, Inc.	MONTICELLO	119 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sonny's Hydra-Flex Backroom	SAVAGE	119 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - MSP1	Shakopee	2,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : MSP1	Shakopee	2,202 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Entrust Corporation	Shakopee	1,448 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Emerson Automation Solutions - Shakopee	Shakopee	1,350 FTE
NAT-TCR	4659 South Hill	South Hill, VA	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	8525 East Irvine	Irvine, CA	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Caldwell ID Orchard	Caldwell, ID	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	TMX2198	Concord, NH	3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	1053 Escondido Ii	Escondido, CA	119 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1277 College Point	Flushing, NY	119 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Transportation Terminal	Muskegon, MI	119 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Metalmaster Roofmaster	Mchenry, IL	119 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.

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