Industry profile · NAICS 485113
Bus transit systems (except mixed mode)
Workplace injury rates across 356 OSHA-reporting establishments in this industry, 2016–2024.
- 356
- Employers
- 6.2
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- BLS benchmark
- 13,002
- Injuries
The industry picture
Employers in Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) average 6.2 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 1.4 times the BLS national benchmark of 4.5.
- 6.2
- avg TCR · reporting employers
- 4.5
- BLS national benchmark
- 356
- employers reporting
- 13,002
- recordable injuries
OSHA-reporting establishments skew toward larger, higher-hazard sites, so the reporting average runs above the BLS all-establishment benchmark.
What Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) Safety Data Reveals
The Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) sector (NAICS 485113) encompasses 356 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 13,002 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window, producing an industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 6.2 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year. Because OSHA's ITA mandates submission from establishments with 250+ employees plus all high-hazard industries at 20+ employees, this dataset represents a structural slice of U.S. workplace risk rather than a voluntary sample.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a separate national benchmark TCR of 4.5 for this NAICS code, derived from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Comparing the two, the ITA-reported rate of 6.2 is higher than the BLS benchmark, a gap that typically widens when the industry contains many large, high-exposure establishments required to file ITA reports. Employers in the table below are sorted so you can see how far individual establishments deviate from both the industry average and the national benchmark.
The practical value of industry-level safety data is threefold. First, jobseekers can gauge whether a prospective employer is better or worse than its industry peers, not just absolute injury counts, which tilt toward larger payrolls. Second, insurers and workers' compensation carriers use sector TCR as a baseline for experience-modification adjustments. Third, safety professionals benchmark their own programs against the cohort median. Use the grade-sorted employer list below to identify specific establishments within Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) that outperform or underperform the sector average, and click through to each record for year-by-year injury, illness, and fatality breakdowns.
Employers in this industry, by injury rate
Page 3 of 8| Employer | Location | Grade | Avg TCR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Water Area Transportation | Port Huron, MI | D | 7.6 |
| Vonlane TN LLC | Dallas, TX | D | 7.5 |
| 2662-7062 | Chicago, IL | D | 7.5 |
| Skagit Transit | Burlington, WA | D | 7.5 |
| Ratp Dev Odu | Durham, NC | D | 7.5 |
| Green Mountain Transit - Berlin | Berlin, VT | D | 7.4 |
| Sioux City Transit | Sioux City, IA | D | 7.4 |
| Duluth Transit Authority | Duluth, MN | D | 7.3 |
| 6091-609 | Phoenix, AZ | D | 7.3 |
| 6091-383 | Greensboro, NC | D | 7.3 |
| 2662-7010 | Hyde Park, MA | D | 7.3 |
| 3500 Western Bus Facility | Washington, DC | D | 7.2 |
| E.B.T., Inc. | West Babylon, NY | D | 7.1 |
| 2662-7034 | Merced, CA | D | 7.0 |
| Transit Management | South Daytona, FL | D | 6.9 |
| Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky | Fort Wright, KY | D | 6.9 |
| 9007 Shuttle-Austin | Austin, TX | D | 6.8 |
| Jalbert Leasing Inc. d/b/a C&J Bus Lines | Portsmouth, NH | D | 6.8 |
| keolis ft lauderdale | Dania Beach, FL | D | 6.8 |
| Josephine County Transit | Grants Pass, OR | D | 6.8 |
| 7048 Transit Region-Cook Dupage Transit Cdt | Chicago, IL | D | 6.8 |
| 2662-7036 | Orlando, FL | D | 6.7 |
| 6091-461 | New Orleans, LA | D | 6.7 |
| Vonlane LLC | Dallas, TX | D | 6.7 |
| Rides Mass Transit District, Marion | Marion, IL | D | 6.7 |
| Champion City Transit Management, Inc. | Brockton, MA | D | 6.6 |
| 6283_14922 | Columbus, IN | D | 6.6 |
| Minneapolis Spring Street | Minneapolis, MN | D | 6.5 |
| 2662-9001 | Burlingame, CA | D | 6.5 |
| 2662-7069 | Durham, NC | D | 6.4 |
| 327 San Diego - South Bay | Chula Vista, CA | D | 6.4 |
| 6091-SS027U | Orlando, FL | D | 6.4 |
| 6091-450 | Norcross, GA | D | 6.4 |
| 6091-970 | Woodland, CA | D | 6.4 |
| 2662-7064 | Lansing, IL | D | 6.4 |
| A20000 - Department of Transportation | Detroit, MI | D | 6.2 |
| 9025-15 L.I.F.T.S. | Cedar Rapids, IA | D | 6.2 |
| 450 Gwinnett County | Norcross, GA | D | 6.2 |
| 6091-158 | Neptune, NJ | D | 6.1 |
| The Transportation Authority, LLC | Pembroke Pines, FL | D | 6.1 |
| 6091-326 | El Cajon, CA | D | 6.1 |
| 326 El Cajon | El Cajon, CA | D | 6.1 |
| 2021 Lapeer Ave. | Port Huron, MI | D | 6.0 |
| 6091-723 | Charleston, SC | D | 6.0 |
| 2662-7041 | Bakersfield, CA | D | 6.0 |
| AAATA-Main Location | Ann Arbor, MI | D | 6.0 |
| 1980 | Ronkonkoma, NY | D | 5.9 |
| 6091-480 | Gretna, LA | D | 5.9 |
| Capital Area Transportation Authority | Lansing, MI | D | 5.8 |
| South Central Illinois Mass Transit District | Centralia, IL | D | 5.8 |
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