Aircraft manufacturing · Connecticut
Kaman Aerospace Group - Kaman Air Vehicles
Bloomfield, CT · ~143 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kaman Aerospace Group - Kaman Air Vehicles runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Aircraft manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Kaman Aerospace Group - Kaman Air Vehicles: 4.2 TCR = 127% of Aircraft manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kaman Aerospace Group - Kaman Air Vehicles safety composite
Kaman Aerospace Group - Kaman Air Vehicles scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).
27/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 1.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% 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
−0.8
2022→2024
Kaman Aerospace Group - Kaman Air Vehicles injury rate improved
Kaman Aerospace Group - Kaman Air Vehicles's TCR fell 0.8 from 3.7 in 2022 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=3.7 · 2023=6.0 · 2024=2.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336411 · Bloomfield, CT ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 127% of ind
- DART 1.9 DART
- RANK #10/14
- PHOTO Cambridge Specialty …
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~143 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Cambridge Specialty Company, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kaman Aerospace Group - Kaman Air Vehicles in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- HDI Landing Ge
HDI Landing Gear
4.3 TCR
- This site
Kaman Aerospace Group - Kaman Air Vehicles
4.2 TCR
- Cambridge Spec
Cambridge Specialty Company, Inc.
4.2 TCR
- Gardnerville
Gardnerville
4.2 TCR
- Airframes Alas
Airframes Alaska
4.1 TCR
What this shows Kaman Aerospace Group - Kaman Air Vehicles averages 4.2 TCR (127% of the Aircraft manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Kaman Aerospace Group - Kaman Air Vehicles TCR series: 2022=3.7 · 2023=6 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Kaman Aerospace Group - Kaman Air Vehicles falls in its industry
390 Aircraft manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.
Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 14 Aircraft manufacturing employers in Connecticut.
Kaman Aerospace Group - Kaman Air Vehicles has fewer employees than the Aircraft manufacturing median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336411 · CT · Bloomfield
390 Aircraft 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 | Cambridge Specialty Company, Inc. | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Airframes Alaska | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gardnerville | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | HDI Landing Gear | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | F+F Mechanical Enterprises Inc. | 143 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Connecticut Tool & Manufacturing LLC. (Building 1) | 143 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 100607 | 143 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Big Y Foods, Inc. New Milford | 143 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 | Cattlemens 08 | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Crest Foods Store 3 | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Town of Troutman | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gardner Inc - MA | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | SAH | 143 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AHG Hewing Licensee LLC | 143 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Huntington Health & Rehabilitation | 143 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rotational Molding Technologies Inc | 143 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.