Aircraft engine and engine parts (except carburetors, pistons, piston rings, valves) manufacturing · Connecticut
Birken Manufacturing Company
Bloomfield, CT · ~112 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Birken Manufacturing Company runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Aircraft engine and engine parts (except carburetors, pistons, piston rings, valves) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Birken Manufacturing Company: 1.3 TCR = 38% of Aircraft engine and engine parts (except carburetors, pistons, piston rings, valves) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Birken Manufacturing Company safety composite
Birken Manufacturing Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
66/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% 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%).
TCR Δ
−0.7
2017→2020
Birken Manufacturing Company injury rate improved
Birken Manufacturing Company's TCR fell 0.7 from 1.6 in 2017 to 0.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=1.6 · 2020=0.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336412 · Bloomfield, CT AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #6/54
- PHOTO Curtiss-Wright -- Fa…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~112 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Curtiss-Wright -- Farmingdale (Sensors) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Birken Manufacturing Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Birken Manufacturing Company
1.3 TCR
- Curtiss-Wright
Curtiss-Wright -- Farmingdale (Sensors)
1.3 TCR
- CTL Aerospace
CTL Aerospace Inc. OEM 2
1.3 TCR
- Supply Chain :
Supply Chain : Durham, NC
1.3 TCR
- Supply Chain T
Supply Chain Terre Haute IN
1.3 TCR
What this shows Birken Manufacturing Company averages 1.3 TCR (38% of the Aircraft engine and engine parts (except carburetors, pistons, piston rings, valves) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Birken Manufacturing Company TCR series: 2017=1.6 · 2020=0.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Birken Manufacturing Company falls in its industry
366 Aircraft engine and engine par establishmentsSafer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.
Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 54 Aircraft engine and engine par employers in Connecticut.
Birken Manufacturing Company has fewer employees than the Aircraft engine and engine parts (except median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336412 · CT · Bloomfield
366 Aircraft engine and engine parts (except carburetors, pistons, piston rings, valves) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 107 employers in Bloomfield, 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 | Curtiss-Wright -- Farmingdale (Sensors) | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CTL Aerospace Inc. OEM 2 | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Supply Chain : Durham, NC | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Supply Chain Terre Haute IN | 1.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sarracco Mechanical Waterbury 01 | 112 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | GRAND AVENUE | 112 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | International Paper-Putnam,CT | 112 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stewart EFI CT | 112 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bloomfield HomeGoods DC | 1,333 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | H.G. Conn. Merchants,LLC | 1,168 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Otis Elevator Company-Otis Service Center | 532 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kamatics Corporation | 505 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Greer Center | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cox Communications - 901 Building | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Converse, Tx (Shared) | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cambridge Ohio | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | voestalpine Rotec Inc. | 112 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Harmar Place | 112 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | North Little Rock, AR Office CS | 112 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gen-Tech Az | 112 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.