Intercity bus line operation · Indiana
South Bend Public Transportation Corp.
South Bend, IN · ~107 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.0
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
South Bend Public Transportation Corp. runs at 356% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Intercity bus line operation workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.0
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 17
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares South Bend Public Transportation Corp.'s OSHA Total Case Rate of 16.0 to the Intercity bus line operation BLS benchmark of 4.5 (356% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
South Bend Public Transportation Corp.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.
Where South Bend Public Transportation Corp. falls in its industry
172 Intercity bus line operation establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.
Trend analysis for South Bend Public Transportation Corp.
Between 2019 and 2022, South Bend Public Transportation Corp.'s Total Case Rate improved from 36.4 to 3.8 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 90% decrease across 3 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 3.8, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 36.4, a spread of 32.5 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 3 reporting years, South Bend Public Transportation Corp. recorded 17 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-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 17 injuries shown on this page for South Bend Public Transportation Corp. are sourced from its own 3 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 485210 - Intercity bus line operation.
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.
3 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 210,080 hours worked = 2.86 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| South Bend Public Transportation Corp. (this establishment) | 16.01 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Motor coach operation, interurban and rural industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 485210 |
| Indiana state avg (all industries) | 4.53 | 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 South Bend Public Transportation Corp. 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.
- 2022: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 9 reportable incidents · 9 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.9 | 4.4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 36.4 | 18.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on South Bend Public Transportation Corp.'s reported OSHA injury record versus its Intercity bus line operation peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 356% of the Intercity bus line operation benchmark, South Bend Public Transportation Corp. reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Intercity bus line operation 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.