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
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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.

South Bend Public Transportation Corp.: 16.0 TCR = 356% of Intercity bus line operation BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Bend Public Transportation Corp. safety composite

South Bend Public Transportation Corp. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−32.5

2019→2022

South Bend Public Transportation Corp. injury rate improved

South Bend Public Transportation Corp.'s TCR fell 32.5 from 36.4 in 2019 to 3.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 36.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=36.4 · 2021=7.9 · 2022=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485210 · South Bend, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 16.0 · 356% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK P4
  • PHOTO Estuary Transit Dist…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~107 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Estuary Transit District (0.6 TCR gap)

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South Bend Public Transportation Corp. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Bend Public Transportation Corp. averages 16.0 TCR (356% of the Intercity bus line operation BLS benchmark).

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

South Bend Public Transportation Corp. TCR series: 2019=36.4 · 2021=7.9 · 2022=3.8 · BLS 4.5

Where South Bend Public Transportation Corp. falls in its industry

161 Intercity bus line operation establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
South Bend Public Transportation Corp. (107 employees, TCR 16.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 South Bend Public Transportation Corp.
South Bend Public Transportation Corp. (107 employees, TCR 16.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 4.4

South Bend Public Transportation Corp. has more employees than the Intercity bus line operation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2022 3.8 2.9 4 0 0
2021 7.9 4.4 9 0 0
2019 36.4 18.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485210 · IN · South Bend

161 Intercity bus line operation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 318 employers in South Bend, IN · 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 Estuary Transit District 16.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hampton Roads 16.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Megabus West 14.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Moover Wilmington 14.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Plymouth, IN 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2580-Remington, IN (Monsanto Co.) 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE Koetter Construction 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE Layne Christensen 1468 West Hospital Road 107 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorial Hospital South Bend 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Joseph County 1,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fourwinds Casino South Bend 1,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR Honeywell IN08 810 FTE
NAT-TCR 427470-Rio Grande Po 16.0 TCR
NAT-TCR HG066 16.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Larson Pool Plastering 16.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Manatawny Manor 16.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Macuch Steel Products, Inc. 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-ABS-0030-0030-04008 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-ABS-0017-0016-01002 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-ABS-0017-0016-02985 107 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: 2022, 2021, 2019. 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.