Developing and producing prototypes for guided missile and space vehicle components · Connecticut

Kaman Aerospace Group

Middletown, CT · ~216 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kaman Aerospace Group runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Developing and producing prototypes for guided missile and space vehicle components workplace, earning a grade A.

Kaman Aerospace Group: 1.5 TCR = 45% of Developing and producing prototypes for guided missile and space vehicle components BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kaman Aerospace Group safety composite

Kaman Aerospace Group scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−2.6

2021→2024

Kaman Aerospace Group injury rate improved

Kaman Aerospace Group's TCR fell 2.6 from 3.6 in 2021 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336419 · Middletown, CT AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 45% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK P41
  • PHOTO ATK Space Systems In…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~216 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ATK Space Systems Inc - San Diego (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kaman Aerospace Group in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kaman Aerospace Group averages 1.5 TCR (45% of the Developing and producing prototypes for guided missile and space vehicle components BLS benchmark).

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

Kaman Aerospace Group TCR series: 2021=3.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.3

Where Kaman Aerospace Group falls in its industry

41 Developing and producing proto establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Kaman Aerospace Group (216 employees, TCR 1.5) among 20 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 193 employees and a TCR of 1.1 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 21 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Kaman Aerospace Group
Kaman Aerospace Group (216 employees, TCR 1.5) among 20 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 193 employees and a TCR of 1.1

Kaman Aerospace Group has more employees than the Developing and producing prototypes for median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.1. 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 1.0 1.0 2 0 0
2023 1.4 0.5 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.6 3.1 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336419 · CT · Middletown

41 Developing and producing prototypes for guided missile and space vehicle components employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 119 employers in Middletown, 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 ATK Space Systems Inc - San Diego 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Raytheon_Farmington_NM_Dine 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lockheed Martin Corporation US CA Ventura Golf Course Dr (1063) 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beyond Gravity Trinity 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Meriden 216 FTE
STATE-SIZE ShopRite of Southington 216 FTE
STATE-SIZE 226_353 216 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marriott Hartford Downtown 216 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pratt & Whitney Middletown 2,686 FTE
CITY-NEAR MIDDLESEX HEALTH SYSTEM INC. 2,666 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-MIDD 1,435 FTE
CITY-NEAR Middletown Public Schools 1,105 FTE
NAT-TCR TODCO Marion 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Frontier Forklifts and Service, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mesa Main Yard 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Collins Plumbing Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Thunder Bay Community Health Service, Inc Hilman 216 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thunder Bay Community Health Service, Inc Rogers City 216 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thunder Bay Community Health Service, Inc. Onaway 216 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thunder Bay Community Health Service, Inc Atlanta 216 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.