Parachutes manufacturing · Virginia

Butler Parachute Systems, LLC

Roanoke, VA · ~43 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Butler Parachute Systems, LLC runs at 476% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Parachutes manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Butler Parachute Systems, LLC: 15.7 TCR = 476% of Parachutes manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Butler Parachute Systems, LLC safety composite

Butler Parachute Systems, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

−19.8

2021→2024

Butler Parachute Systems, LLC injury rate improved

Butler Parachute Systems, LLC's TCR fell 19.8 from 19.8 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 34.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=19.8 · 2022=34.4 · 2023=8.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 314999 · Roanoke, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.7 · 476% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P1
  • PHOTO Ditz Designs / Hen H…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ditz Designs / Hen House (0.5 TCR gap)

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Butler Parachute Systems, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Butler Parachute Systems, LLC averages 15.7 TCR (476% of the Parachutes manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Butler Parachute Systems, LLC TCR series: 2021=19.8 · 2022=34.4 · 2023=8.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Butler Parachute Systems, LLC falls in its industry

89 Parachutes manufacturing establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Butler Parachute Systems, LLC (43 employees, TCR 15.7) 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Butler Parachute Systems, LLC
Butler Parachute Systems, LLC (43 employees, TCR 15.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Butler Parachute Systems, LLC 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 8.7 8.7 3 0 0
2022 34.4 34.4 4 9 0
2021 19.8 19.8 2 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

314999 · VA · Roanoke

89 Parachutes manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 415 employers in Roanoke, VA · 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 Ditz Designs / Hen House 16.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Enlightened Equipment 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vantage Custom Classics - California 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amalgamate Processing Inc - Dallas 9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tahoe Hydro 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Soli Organic Inc. - Elkwood 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prospect Solar LLC 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water and Sewer 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carilion Clinic Co. 01 7,384 FTE
CITY-NEAR Roanoke City Public Schools 1,849 FTE
CITY-NEAR Other Location 1,808 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carilion Clinic Services Co. 13 1,753 FTE
NAT-TCR United Methodist Homes James G Johnston Memorial Nursing Home 15.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Burnsville Mn 15.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Smith Frozen Foods 15.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Les Schwab Tire Center-Coos Bay 15.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Burleson 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Bridge at Colorado Springs 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE J.K. Manufacturing Co. 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thorsen's-Norquist, Inc. 43 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. 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.