Shuttle services (except employee bus) · Kentucky
Rural Transit Enterprises Coordinated, Inc. (RTEC)
Mt Vernon, KY · ~188 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.8
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Rural Transit Enterprises Coordinated, Inc. (RTEC) runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Shuttle services (except employee bus) workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares Rural Transit Enterprises Coordinated, Inc. (RTEC)'s OSHA Total Case Rate of 6.8 to the Shuttle services (except employee bus) BLS benchmark of 4.5 (151% of benchmark) across 4 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Rural Transit Enterprises Coordinated, Inc. (RTEC)'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.
Where Rural Transit Enterprises Coordinated, Inc. (RTEC) falls in its industry
92 Shuttle services (except emplo establishmentsSafer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Trend analysis for Rural Transit Enterprises Coordinated, Inc. (RTEC)
Between 2019 and 2023, Rural Transit Enterprises Coordinated, Inc. (RTEC)'s Total Case Rate improved from 9.1 to 4.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 56% decrease across 4 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2023, at a TCR of 4.0, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 9.1, a spread of 5.1 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 4 reporting years, Rural Transit Enterprises Coordinated, Inc. (RTEC) recorded 38 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 4-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 38 injuries, 3 illnesses, and 1 fatality shown on this page for Rural Transit Enterprises Coordinated, Inc. (RTEC) are sourced from its own 4 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 485999 - Shuttle services (except employee bus).
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 352,165 hours worked = 1.14 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Rural Transit Enterprises Coordinated, Inc. (RTEC) (this establishment) | 6.80 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Shuttle services (except employee bus) industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 485999 |
| Kentucky state avg (all industries) | 4.39 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Rural Transit Enterprises Coordinated, Inc. (RTEC) to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 12 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 1 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 7 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 16 reportable incidents · 15 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.8 | 3.5 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 6.4 | 0.9 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9.1 | 6.8 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Rural Transit Enterprises Coordinated, Inc. (RTEC)'s reported OSHA injury record versus its Shuttle services (except employee bus) peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 151% of the Shuttle services (except employee bus) benchmark, Rural Transit Enterprises Coordinated, Inc. (RTEC) reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Shuttle services (except employee bus) sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.