Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) · District of Columbia

Western Bus Facility

Washington, DC · ~292 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Bus Facility runs at 228% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) workplace, earning a grade F.

Western Bus Facility: 10.2 TCR = 228% of Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Bus Facility safety composite

Western Bus Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Western Bus Facility: 4.7 → 11.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 16.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.12× in 2022

Western Bus Facility's TCR rose 6.8 from 4.7 in 2016 to 11.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 16.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485111 · Washington, DC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.2 · 228% of ind

  • DART 11.5 DART
  • RANK #5/8
  • PHOTO 1151 KEDZIE SCHEDULE…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 140 inj
  • SIZE ~292 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1151 KEDZIE SCHEDULED TRANSIT OPERATIONS (0.1 TCR gap)

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Western Bus Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Bus Facility averages 10.2 TCR (228% of the Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS benchmark).

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

Western Bus Facility TCR series: 2016=4.7 · 2017=8.2 · 2018=9.4 · 2019=10.9 · 2020=10.3 · 2021=16.7 · 2022=11.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Western Bus Facility falls in its industry

421 Mixed mode transit systems (e. establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to District of Columbia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 8 Mixed mode transit systems (e. employers in District of Columbia.

Western Bus Facility (292 employees, TCR 10.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Western Bus Facility
Western Bus Facility (292 employees, TCR 10.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Western Bus Facility has more employees than the Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, c median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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
2022 11.5 11.5 22 12 0
2021 16.7 15.9 29 16 0
2020 10.3 10.3 20 4 0
2019 10.9 10.6 22 10 0
2018 9.4 8.3 14 12 0
2017 8.2 7.5 22 1 0
2016 4.7 3.9 11 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485111 · DC · Washington

421 Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 793 rated employers in District of Columbia with headcount on file · 748 employers in Washington, DC · 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 1151 KEDZIE SCHEDULED TRANSIT OPERATIONS 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1953-2148 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1953-1131 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4125 IRONWORKERS 10.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mandarin Oriental, Washington DC 290 FTE
STATE-SIZE SODEXO AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY BLACKBURN 294 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc 289 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3500 WESTERN BUS FACILITY 295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's National Medical Center 7,153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medstar Washington Hospital Center 7,073 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medstar Georgetown University Hospital 4,771 FTE
CITY-NEAR Customs and Border Protection - Headquarters 3,601 FTE
NAT-TCR Knute Nelson Care Center 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 4054-ABS-0019-0018-00564 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Pine Ridge Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 164230-La Grange Po 10.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2904-ASM-MD 292 FTE
NAT-SIZE Office 292 FTE
NAT-SIZE New England Aquarium 292 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3495-50C8537 292 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.