School bus services · Pennsylvania
Smith Bus Company, Inc.
Blairsville, PA · ~102 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 3.0
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 2
- Fatalities
The verdict
Smith Bus Company, Inc. runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical School bus services workplace, earning a grade B.
Smith Bus Company, Inc.: 3.0 TCR = 66% of School bus services BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Smith Bus Company, Inc. safety composite
Smith Bus Company, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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).
57/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.95 per 100 workers
Safer than 69% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 83% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 2
Safer than 0% 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
Smith Bus Company, Inc.: 5.0 → 7.0 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 7.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Smith Bus Company, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.1 from 5.0 in 2016 to 7.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 485410 · Blairsville, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 3.0 · 66% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #76/227
- PHOTO 96920030-600 DS BUS …
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~102 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 96920030-600 DS BUS LINES, INC.-LAS CRUCES (0.0 TCR gap)
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Smith Bus Company, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Smith Bus Company, Inc.
3 TCR
- 96920030-600 D
96920030-600 DS BUS LINES, INC.-LAS CRUCES
3 TCR
- Joseph C. Gray
Joseph C. Graybill, Inc.
2.9 TCR
- Clinton CUSD #
Clinton CUSD #15 - Bus Garage
2.9 TCR
- 96920028-1 ALL
96920028-1 ALLTOWN BUS SERVICE-CHICAGO-SOUTH SIDE BRANCH
2.9 TCR
What this shows Smith Bus Company, Inc. averages 3.0 TCR (66% of the School bus services BLS benchmark).
Smith Bus Company, Inc. TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=7 · BLS 4.5
Where Smith Bus Company, Inc. falls in its industry
1,574 School bus services establishmentsSafer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #76 safest of 227 School bus services employers in Pennsylvania.
Smith Bus Company, 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 | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
485410 · PA · Blairsville
1,574 School bus services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 35 employers in Blairsville, PA · 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 | 96920030-600 DS BUS LINES, INC.-LAS CRUCES | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Joseph C. Graybill, Inc. | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Clinton CUSD #15 - Bus Garage | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 96920028-1 ALLTOWN BUS SERVICE-CHICAGO-SOUTH SIDE BRANCH | 2.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Verano PA CPG - Agri-Kind | 102 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | McKee Management Associates, Inc. | 102 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bakers Pittsburgh | 102 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Structures Division | 102 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Specialty Metals Plant | 304 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Westinghouse Electric Company - Specialty Metals Plant | 299 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 5356 | 220 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 5356 | 215 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | CMD | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cambridge Packaging Inc. | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pewaukee Wi | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at Caldwell Memorial Hospital | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Quincy Office | 102 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Jacquart Fabric Products | 102 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Supermercado La Chiquita Cermak | 102 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Regency Hospital of Columbus LLC (d/b/a Select Specialty Hospital - Columbus South) | 102 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.