Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) · Indiana

South Bend Public Transportation Corp. - Transpo

South Bend, IN · ~116 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Bend Public Transportation Corp. - Transpo runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) workplace, earning a grade D.

South Bend Public Transportation Corp. - Transpo: 5.6 TCR = 124% of Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Bend Public Transportation Corp. - Transpo safety composite

South Bend Public Transportation Corp. - Transpo scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).

D

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−3.5

2018→2023

South Bend Public Transportation Corp. - Transpo injury rate improved

South Bend Public Transportation Corp. - Transpo's TCR fell 3.5 from 7.3 in 2018 to 3.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.3 · 2023=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485113 · South Bend, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 124% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Flint Hills Area Tra…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~116 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Bend Public Transportation Corp. - Transpo 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. - Transpo averages 5.6 TCR (124% of the Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) BLS benchmark).

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

South Bend Public Transportation Corp. - Transpo TCR series: 2018=7.3 · 2023=3.8 · BLS 4.5

Where South Bend Public Transportation Corp. - Transpo falls in its industry

332 Bus transit systems (except mi establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Bus transit systems (except mi employers in Indiana.

South Bend Public Transportation Corp. - Transpo (116 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate South Bend Public Transportation Corp. - Transpo
South Bend Public Transportation Corp. - Transpo (116 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 5.3

South Bend Public Transportation Corp. - Transpo has more employees than the Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2023 3.8 2.9 4 0 0
2018 7.3 5.5 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485113 · IN · South Bend

332 Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) 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 Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Votran 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6091-373 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6091-747 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE ROCHESTER HOMES INC. 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Egglife 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE OL Frontal Solutions 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arrow Container Manufacturing Location 116 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 McCoys Building Supply-Eagle Pass 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sunstream Corporation 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Super Stop & Shop 0677 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 2590 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Spectra Electrical Services 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arvada Service Center-160 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edenbrook Lakeside 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pete's Fresh Market 118th Corporation 116 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: 2023, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.