Aircraft manufacturing · California

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Gray Butte

Palmdale, CA · ~746 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Gray Butte runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Aircraft manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Gray Butte: 1.6 TCR = 47% of Aircraft manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Gray Butte safety composite

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Gray Butte scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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%).

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Gray Butte held a steady TCR band

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Gray Butte's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.4 in 2018 to 1.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.4 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336411 · Palmdale, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 47% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #50/107
  • PHOTO MAG Aerospace-USFL03…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~746 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MAG Aerospace-USFL03: Titusville, FL (0.0 TCR gap)

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Gray Butte in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Gray Butte averages 1.6 TCR (47% of the Aircraft manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Gray Butte TCR series: 2018=1.4 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=1.5 · BLS 3.3

Where General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Gray Butte falls in its industry

390 Aircraft manufacturing establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #50 safest of 107 Aircraft manufacturing employers in California.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Gray Butte (746 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Gray Butte
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Gray Butte (746 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 151 employees and a TCR of 1.7

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Gray Butte has more employees than the Aircraft manufacturing median and a lower 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
2020 1.5 0.8 9 0 0
2019 1.8 0.8 14 0 0
2018 1.4 1.1 11 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336411 · CA · Palmdale

390 Aircraft manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 135 employers in Palmdale, 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 MAG Aerospace-USFL03: Titusville, FL 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Enstrom Helicopter Corporation 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Air Ready - MRO Services 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lockheed Martin Corporation Los Angeles, CA (1484) 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE True Leaf Farms SJB 746 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valley Fair 358 746 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6458-ZWRT 746 FTE
STATE-SIZE North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : SNA4 746 FTE
CITY-NEAR NGAS-A502 5,323 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA-06 4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation Palmdale Campus (1513) 3,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 612 2,127 FTE
NAT-TCR Systems Plant Services, Inc.- Blytheville, AR NYS-Nucor Yamato 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Davcor Aviation Services Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 1516 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR MO JeffCityAdult 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1115 Washington St SE 746 FTE
NAT-SIZE Foot Locker Corporate Services Inc. 746 FTE
NAT-SIZE Astec, Inc. 746 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fresh Express Incorporated 746 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.