Parachutes manufacturing · Texas

Aerostar Sulphur Springs

Sulphur Springs, TX · ~34 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Aerostar Sulphur Springs runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Parachutes manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Aerostar Sulphur Springs: 1.6 TCR = 47% of Parachutes manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Aerostar Sulphur Springs safety composite

Aerostar Sulphur Springs scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.9

2016→2021

Aerostar Sulphur Springs injury rate improved

Aerostar Sulphur Springs's TCR fell 2.9 from 2.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 314999 · Sulphur Springs, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 47% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/8
  • PHOTO Gentex Corporation
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gentex Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Aerostar Sulphur Springs in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Aerostar Sulphur Springs averages 1.6 TCR (47% of the Parachutes manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Aerostar Sulphur Springs TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Aerostar Sulphur Springs falls in its industry

89 Parachutes manufacturing establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 8 Parachutes manufacturing employers in Texas.

Aerostar Sulphur Springs (34 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 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 02004006008001,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Aerostar Sulphur Springs
Aerostar Sulphur Springs (34 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Aerostar Sulphur Springs has fewer employees than the Parachutes manufacturing median and a lower 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2016 2.9 2.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

314999 · TX · Sulphur Springs

89 Parachutes manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 49 employers in Sulphur Springs, TX · 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 Gentex Corporation 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Motis, LLC - Cargo Equipment 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Global Products, Inc. - Cherokee 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vantage Custom Classics- St. Louis 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE SOUTHWEST FEED YARD 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bartlett Cattle Company, L.P. - Tulia 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pineywoods 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE TXP 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grocery Supply Company 705 FTE
CITY-NEAR GSC Enterprises Inc. 525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saputo Dairy Foods 475 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sulphur Springs - CMF 396 441 FTE
NAT-TCR Nelson Refrigeration 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR James G Staat Tuckpointing Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR G6-West 125th Showroom 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR SRG Global Coatings, LLC 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE NGDS 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE River Valley Cooperative-Sunbury Mill 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Salinas Grocery Outlet 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hussmann Services Corporation- New Orleans 34 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.