Parachutes manufacturing · North Carolina

Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc NC

Pinebluff, NC · ~30 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc NC runs at 131% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Parachutes manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc NC: 4.3 TCR = 131% of Parachutes manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc NC safety composite

Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc NC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

−2.3

2016→2019

Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc NC injury rate improved

Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc NC's TCR fell 2.3 from 6.3 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.3 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=7.0 · 2019=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 314999 · Pinebluff, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 131% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO Coastal Pet Products…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Coastal Pet Products Inc (0.1 TCR gap)

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Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc NC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc NC averages 4.3 TCR (131% of the Parachutes manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc NC TCR series: 2016=6.3 · 2017=0 · 2018=7 · 2019=4 · BLS 3.3

Where Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc NC falls in its industry

89 Parachutes manufacturing establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Parachutes manufacturing employers in North Carolina.

Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc NC (30 employees, TCR 4.3) 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 Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc NC
Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc NC (30 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc NC has fewer employees than the Parachutes manufacturing 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
2019 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2018 7.0 3.5 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 6.3 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

314999 · NC · Pinebluff

89 Parachutes manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 3 employers in Pinebluff, NC · 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 Coastal Pet Products Inc 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Exxel Outdoors, LLC Haleyville AL location 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Survival Innovations, LLC 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR FrenchCreek Production 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shugart Farm 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hays Hatchery 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hight Family Farms LLC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE High Point Operations Center 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR ATEX Technologies Inc 140 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2710_5150 29 FTE
NAT-TCR IDI Fabrication Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Advance Industrial Maintenance & Machine, Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR DuBois Chemicals dba BHS 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Amzl : Dbo1 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Copper Electric, Inc 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pine Products Inc 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE SMT Lines - LRD 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pahio at Kauai beach Villas Interval Owners Association 30 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: 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.