Urban transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) · California

SMCTD-South Base Bus Maintenance

San Carlos, CA · ~50 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SMCTD-South Base Bus Maintenance runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Urban transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) workplace, earning a grade B.

SMCTD-South Base Bus Maintenance: 2.9 TCR = 65% of Urban transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SMCTD-South Base Bus Maintenance safety composite

SMCTD-South Base Bus Maintenance scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.4

2018→2021

SMCTD-South Base Bus Maintenance injury rate improved

SMCTD-South Base Bus Maintenance's TCR fell 2.4 from 2.4 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.4 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=9.4 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485111 · San Carlos, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.9 · 65% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/75
  • PHOTO 1953-2230
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1953-2230 (0.0 TCR gap)

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SMCTD-South Base Bus Maintenance in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SMCTD-South Base Bus Maintenance averages 2.9 TCR (65% of the Urban transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS benchmark).

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

SMCTD-South Base Bus Maintenance TCR series: 2018=2.4 · 2019=0 · 2020=9.4 · 2021=0 · BLS 4.5

Where SMCTD-South Base Bus Maintenance falls in its industry

421 Urban transit systems, mixed m establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 75 Urban transit systems, mixed m employers in California.

SMCTD-South Base Bus Maintenance (50 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate SMCTD-South Base Bus Maintenance
SMCTD-South Base Bus Maintenance (50 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

SMCTD-South Base Bus Maintenance has fewer employees than the Urban transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 9.4 9.4 4 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485111 · CA · San Carlos

421 Urban transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 57 employers in San Carlos, CA · 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 1953-2230 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Circuit Transit Inc- FTL 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6091-371 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Edison, NJ - Northfield Ave 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jack Bros., Inc. 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE M Three Ranches, LLC 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Penterman Farming Company 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trefethen Farming, LLC 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rudolph and Sletten 686 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sutter Bay Medical Foundation (30507) 534 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10145) 387 FTE
CITY-NEAR San Mateo County Transit District 293 FTE
NAT-TCR Gerald 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Southeast Division Headland Office 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Corporate Manufacturing 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Curtiss Wright EPD 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bellefonte 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Battenfeld Grease & Oil 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Book Fairs - Atlanta 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Engineered Wire Products 50 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.