Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) · District of Columbia

Shepherd Parkway Bus Facility

Washington, DC · ~474 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
22.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities

The verdict

Shepherd Parkway Bus Facility runs at 508% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) workplace, earning a grade F.

F
Failing Safety Record
22.9
avg TCR · per 100 workers
4.5
industry benchmark (BLS)
468
recordable injuries tracked

Grade compares Shepherd Parkway Bus Facility's OSHA Total Case Rate of 22.9 to the Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS benchmark of 4.5 (508% of benchmark) across 7 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.

Injury rate over time

Shepherd Parkway Bus Facility's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.

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Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 485111.

Where Shepherd Parkway Bus Facility falls in its industry

452 Mixed mode transit systems (e. establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to District of Columbia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 8 Mixed mode transit systems (e. employers in District of Columbia.

Trend analysis for Shepherd Parkway Bus Facility

Between 2016 and 2022, Shepherd Parkway Bus Facility's Total Case Rate worsened from 16.6 to 28.5 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 72% increase across 6 years of OSHA reporting.

The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 13.8, while 2021 saw the highest rate, at 36.3, a spread of 22.6 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 7 reporting years, Shepherd Parkway Bus Facility recorded 468 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 7-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 468 injuries, 213 illnesses shown on this page for Shepherd Parkway Bus Facility are sourced from its own 7 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.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 485111 - Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations).

DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2022)

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.

115 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 806,683 hours worked = 28.51 DART

Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping

Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State

Benchmark TCR Source
Shepherd Parkway Bus Facility (this establishment) 22.87 OSHA ITA Form 300A, 7-year avg
Commuter transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combination) industry avg 4.50 BLS IIF, NAICS 485111
District of Columbia state avg (all industries) 3.42 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 Shepherd Parkway Bus Facility 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.

Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2022 28.5 28.5 68 47 0
2021 36.3 36.3 78 63 0
2020 13.8 13.5 34 14 0
2019 25.2 24.8 81 33 0
2018 20.1 18.2 58 29 0
2017 19.6 19.2 86 7 0
2016 16.6 16.2 63 20 0

What this grade means for you

Use this grade as a relative read on Shepherd Parkway Bus Facility's reported OSHA injury record versus its Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.

  • At 508% of the Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) benchmark, Shepherd Parkway Bus Facility reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
  • Judge this record against the wider Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Shepherd Parkway Bus Facility's safety grade?
Shepherd Parkway Bus Facility has a safety grade of F (Failing Safety Record). This grade is based on their average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 22.9 compared to the BLS industry benchmark of 4.5 for Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations).
How many injuries has Shepherd Parkway Bus Facility reported?
Shepherd Parkway Bus Facility has reported 468 total injuries and 0 fatalities across 7 years of OSHA data (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016). This data comes from mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reports.

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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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore Editorial

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.