Insulation and cushioning, foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing · Tennessee

Aeroflex Manufacturing Facility

Sweetwater, TN · ~68 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Aeroflex Manufacturing Facility runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Insulation and cushioning, foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Aeroflex Manufacturing Facility: 4.4 TCR = 132% of Insulation and cushioning, foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Aeroflex Manufacturing Facility safety composite

Aeroflex Manufacturing Facility scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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%).

Aeroflex Manufacturing Facility held a steady TCR band

Aeroflex Manufacturing Facility's TCR held near 0.0 from 4.4 in 2016 to 4.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.4 · 2018=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326150 · Sweetwater, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 132% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #16/20
  • PHOTO Future Foam High Point
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Future Foam High Point (0.0 TCR gap)

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Aeroflex Manufacturing Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Aeroflex Manufacturing Facility averages 4.4 TCR (132% of the Insulation and cushioning, foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Aeroflex Manufacturing Facility TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2018=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Aeroflex Manufacturing Facility falls in its industry

474 Insulation and cushioning, foa establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 20 Insulation and cushioning, foa employers in Tennessee.

Aeroflex Manufacturing Facility (68 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Aeroflex Manufacturing Facility
Aeroflex Manufacturing Facility (68 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Aeroflex Manufacturing Facility has fewer employees than the Insulation and cushioning, foam plastics median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2018 4.3 1.4 2 1 0
2016 4.4 1.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326150 · TN · Sweetwater

474 Insulation and cushioning, foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 28 employers in Sweetwater, TN · 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 Future Foam High Point 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mary Ann Industries 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Excelsior Company Sheboygan 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Foam Distributors Inc 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation (Lebanon) 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Weakely County Municipal Electric System 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Middle TN Construction 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE AFS Nashville 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR SCHOTT Gemtron Corporation 267 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4166 241 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gemtron 231 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4166 206 FTE
NAT-TCR Devner Retread (GCR) 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Minnesota Freezer Warehouse Albert Lea 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Andersons Maumee Large Pack Plant Nutrient 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR VC070 - VCI - Sun Valley 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE R. Brian Morrison 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elite Comfort Solutions - Verona 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manheim Auto Auction 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE DBi Waco 68 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: 2018, 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.