Ammunition, small arms (i.e., 30 mm. or less, 1.18 inch or less), manufacturing · Missouri

Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division

Independence, MO · ~1,810 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Ammunition, small arms (i.e., 30 mm. or less, 1.18 inch or less), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division: 3.2 TCR = 96% of Ammunition, small arms (i.e., 30 mm. or less, 1.18 inch or less), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division safety composite

Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 4%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 4% 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

Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division: 3.4 → 4.2 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 4.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.14× in 2020

Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division's TCR rose 0.8 from 3.4 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332992 · Independence, MO AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 96% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO Platte Valley Energe…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 262 inj
  • SIZE ~1,810 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Platte Valley Energetics (0.0 TCR gap)

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Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division averages 3.2 TCR (96% of the Ammunition, small arms (i.e., 30 mm. or less, 1.18 inch or less), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division falls in its industry

50 Ammunition, small arms (i.e., establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Ammunition, small arms (i.e., employers in Missouri.

Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division (1,810 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 132 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division
Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division (1,810 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 132 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division has more employees than the Ammunition, small arms (i.e., 30 mm. or median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2020 4.2 3.6 53 0 0
2019 2.6 2.1 51 0 0
2018 2.6 1.4 49 0 0
2017 3.1 2.6 50 1 1
2016 3.4 2.7 59 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332992 · MO · Independence

50 Ammunition, small arms (i.e., 30 mm. or less, 1.18 inch or less), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 126 employers in Independence, MO · 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 Platte Valley Energetics 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Capstone Precision Group, Mesa AZ 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fiocchi of America, Inc. Ozark 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Federal Cartridge Company 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lake Regional Hospital 1,812 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake Regional Health System 1,877 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital 1,880 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bass Pro Corporate 1,888 FTE
CITY-NEAR Olin-Winchester LLC 1,582 FTE
CITY-NEAR Centerpoint Medical Center of Independence 1,507 FTE
CITY-NEAR Landmark Building 906 FTE
CITY-NEAR PHX-Independence 452 FTE
NAT-TCR Jan-Care of South East 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mascoutah CUSD #19 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Colorado Springs Office 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Whirlaway Corporation Plant 2 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE BDS Marketing, LLC 1,810 FTE
NAT-SIZE ACH Bergan Mercy Medical Center 1,810 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sutter Shared Services (470-8880) 1,811 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1855-TXAUS40 1,809 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.