School and Employee Bus Transportation

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the School and Employee Bus Transportation industry saw employment growth of only 1.68%. There are an average of 44 workers at each of the 4,364 establishments in the United States. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

OSHA investigators arrived in STONE RIDGE, NE on Thursday, May 19th 2016 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Arthur F. Mulligan Inc.. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2016-05-19
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeWhile performing a final inspection of a bus, an employee fell on the bus steps, fracturing ribs.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, January 27th 2016 by OSHA representitives in THE COLONY, TE which had occured previously at First Student Inc.. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the fall on same level due to tripping over an object
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2016-01-27
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee arrived at the bus yard and parked his vehicle. He started walking through an automatic gate and tripped over the track that the gate wheel rolls on. He fell and fractured his nose, broke some teeth, and displaced two vertebrae.
On Friday, November 6th 2015 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Ashland, WI which had occured previously at Lake Shore Buses, Inc.. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2015-11-03
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeEmployees were working on a brush mower that was elevated on the forks of a skid steer. The fork carriage became dislodged from the skid steer causing the brush mower deck and fork implement to fall injuring three employees. Employee 1 was hospitalized with head injuries. Employee 2 was hospitalized with a broken ankle requiring surgery. The third employee three was treated for a sprained thumb and knee and fractured vertebrae and released.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
0.68
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 743
97.2%
Inspection Rate: 1.17
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 10

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