Helicopters manufacturing · Connecticut

Alpha Q, Inc.

Colchester, CT · ~90 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Alpha Q, Inc. runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Helicopters manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Alpha Q, Inc.: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Helicopters manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Alpha Q, Inc. safety composite

Alpha Q, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Alpha Q, Inc.: 1.0 → 4.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.05× in 2024

Alpha Q, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.3 from 1.0 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336411 · Colchester, CT AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #6/14
  • PHOTO Fort Pickett
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~90 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fort Pickett (0.0 TCR gap)

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Alpha Q, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Alpha Q, Inc. averages 2.1 TCR (63% of the Helicopters manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Alpha Q, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=3.3 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Alpha Q, Inc. falls in its industry

390 Helicopters manufacturing establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 14 Helicopters manufacturing employers in Connecticut.

Alpha Q, Inc. (90 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 151 employees and a TCR of 1.7 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Alpha Q, Inc.
Alpha Q, Inc. (90 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 151 employees and a TCR of 1.7

Alpha Q, Inc. has fewer employees than the Helicopters manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.7. 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 4.4 2.2 4 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2017 3.3 1.1 3 0 0
2016 1.0 1.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336411 · CT · Colchester

390 Helicopters manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 22 employers in Colchester, CT · 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 Fort Pickett 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Field Aerospace - OKC Hangar 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Textron Aviation - Pawnee 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Safran Landing Systems (DAL) 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Torrco Br 1/9 90 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6225 STRATFORD 90 FTE
STATE-SIZE Price Rite Store 346 Bridgeport 90 FTE
STATE-SIZE SUPER STOP & SHOP 0698 90 FTE
CITY-NEAR S&S Worldwide 231 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Caring Community of CT., Inc. 176 FTE
CITY-NEAR STOP & SHOP 100608 168 FTE
CITY-NEAR 100608 161 FTE
NAT-TCR Washington Penn - V-BAT 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR TriMold LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Holmes Lumber 166 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Milwaukee 10547 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Against the Grain Gourmet LLC 90 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wind Composite Services Group LLC 90 FTE
NAT-SIZE Owen-Adams Lp 90 FTE
NAT-SIZE Washington Penn - LaFayette 90 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, 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.