Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing · California

Ascent Aerospace, LLC.

Santa Ana, CA · ~110 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ascent Aerospace, LLC. runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Ascent Aerospace, LLC.: 2.0 TCR = 60% of Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ascent Aerospace, LLC. safety composite

Ascent Aerospace, LLC. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−2.6

2020→2024

Ascent Aerospace, LLC. injury rate improved

Ascent Aerospace, LLC.'s TCR fell 2.6 from 3.4 in 2020 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=3.4 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Santa Ana, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 60% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/9
  • PHOTO Universal Tools & Ma…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~110 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Universal Tools & Manufacturing Co Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ascent Aerospace, LLC. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ascent Aerospace, LLC. averages 2.0 TCR (60% of the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ascent Aerospace, LLC. TCR series: 2020=3.4 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Ascent Aerospace, LLC. falls in its industry

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 9 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma employers in California.

Ascent Aerospace, LLC. (110 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ascent Aerospace, LLC.
Ascent Aerospace, LLC. (110 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Ascent Aerospace, LLC. has more employees than the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2022 3.4 1.7 4 0 0
2021 1.6 0.8 2 0 0
2020 3.4 2.7 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · CA · Santa Ana

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 492 employers in Santa Ana, CA · 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 Universal Tools & Manufacturing Co Inc 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Jig and Fixture South 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eagle Engineering Inc 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Modesto, California Container Graphics Corporation 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Queen Victoria Farms, LP 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE River Ridge Farms 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE GH Dairy - California 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Braga Ranch, Inc. Soledad 110 FTE
CITY-NEAR Think Together 2,496 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Santa Ana 1,472 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orange County/Los Angeles 1,072 FTE
CITY-NEAR 056937-SANTA ANA CA P&DC 920 FTE
NAT-TCR Jack in the Box #7207 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6th Street Taco Bell 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR KSi Conveyors, Inc. - Sabetha 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Corner Market #6014 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE SEW-Eurodrive, Inc. 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Figeac Aero North America Inc 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2304 Martins Supermarket 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hmf Express Ilm 110 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. 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.