Bus charter services (except scenic, sightseeing) · Wisconsin

Van Galder Bus Company

Janesville, WI · ~201 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Van Galder Bus Company runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bus charter services (except scenic, sightseeing) workplace, earning a grade D.

Van Galder Bus Company: 6.7 TCR = 148% of Bus charter services (except scenic, sightseeing) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Van Galder Bus Company safety composite

Van Galder Bus Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−3.2

2018→2023

Van Galder Bus Company injury rate improved

Van Galder Bus Company's TCR fell 3.2 from 8.1 in 2018 to 4.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=8.1 · 2019=9.1 · 2020=4.6 · 2023=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485510 · Janesville, WI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.7 · 148% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK P15
  • PHOTO All Aboard America! …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~201 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: All Aboard America! El Paso (0.0 TCR gap)

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Van Galder Bus Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Van Galder Bus Company averages 6.7 TCR (148% of the Bus charter services (except scenic, sightseeing) BLS benchmark).

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

Van Galder Bus Company TCR series: 2018=8.1 · 2019=9.1 · 2020=4.6 · 2023=4.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Van Galder Bus Company falls in its industry

169 Bus charter services (except s establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Van Galder Bus Company (201 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Van Galder Bus Company
Van Galder Bus Company (201 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Van Galder Bus Company has more employees than the Bus charter services (except scenic, sig median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2023 4.9 3.7 8 0 0
2020 4.6 4.6 5 0 0
2019 9.1 8.6 19 0 0
2018 8.1 8.1 18 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485510 · WI · Janesville

169 Bus charter services (except scenic, sightseeing) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 178 employers in Janesville, WI · 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 All Aboard America! El Paso 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR W.L. Roenigk, Inc. - Allison Park 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Passenger Transportation Specialist Inc (OKC) 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lux Bus America San Jose 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Michels Power Inc-WI-Neenah 201 FTE
STATE-SIZE Voith Fabrics and Rolls Appleton 201 FTE
STATE-SIZE Menasha Packaging Company - Neenah 201 FTE
STATE-SIZE Manitou Equipment America LLC - West Bend 201 FTE
CITY-NEAR Service Center Operations : 0780 1,158 FTE
CITY-NEAR US - Supply Chain : 0780 1,087 FTE
CITY-NEAR 780 - JANESVILLE, WI 964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Seneca Foods Corporation 650 FTE
NAT-TCR Davie Office 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR MotoRad of America, Inc. 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Tifton 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Raincross at Riverside 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital - Denton 201 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ellwood Texas forge Navasota 201 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arcade Beauty-Chattanooga 201 FTE
NAT-SIZE BrandSafway, LLC - Baton Rouge Branch 201 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, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.