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

Aeroflex USA

Sweetwater, TN · ~171 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Aeroflex USA runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Insulation and cushioning, foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Aeroflex USA: 3.8 TCR = 114% of Insulation and cushioning, foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Aeroflex USA safety composite

Aeroflex USA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

Aeroflex USA: 2.4 → 4.1 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.82× in 2024

Aeroflex USA's TCR rose 1.7 from 2.4 in 2019 to 4.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 114% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #13/20
  • PHOTO UFP Technologies
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~171 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UFP Technologies (0.0 TCR gap)

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Aeroflex USA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Aeroflex USA averages 3.8 TCR (114% 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 USA TCR series: 2019=2.4 · 2020=3 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Aeroflex USA falls in its industry

474 Insulation and cushioning, foa establishments

Safer than 38% 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 #13 safest of 20 Insulation and cushioning, foa employers in Tennessee.

Aeroflex USA (171 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 USA
Aeroflex USA (171 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Aeroflex USA has more 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
2024 4.1 3.1 8 0 0
2023 4.3 3.8 8 0 0
2022 3.8 1.6 6 1 0
2021 4.9 4.9 8 0 0
2020 3.0 2.4 4 1 0
2019 2.4 1.2 2 2 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 UFP Technologies 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Woodbridge Foam Fabricators, Inc 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tecnifoam 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vintage 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bongards Creameries South 171 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oliver Fiberglass Products 171 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dynasty Spas 171 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tennalum, A Division of Kaiser Aluminum LLC 171 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 Erhardt Construction 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tri-County School #2358 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bill Harris Used Cars Inc 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Diamond Plastics Corporation Grand Island 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE OKAY Berlin 171 FTE
NAT-SIZE Weisinger Incorporated 171 FTE
NAT-SIZE Donohoe 171 FTE
NAT-SIZE Newton IA 171 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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