Fire detection and supression systems · North Carolina

Kidde Aerospace & Defense

Wilson, NC · ~1,064 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kidde Aerospace & Defense runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fire detection and supression systems workplace, earning a grade A.

Kidde Aerospace & Defense: 0.6 TCR = 18% of Fire detection and supression systems BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kidde Aerospace & Defense safety composite

Kidde Aerospace & Defense scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% 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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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%).

Kidde Aerospace & Defense held a steady TCR band

Kidde Aerospace & Defense's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.2 in 2016 to 0.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.2 · 2017=0.3 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=1.0 · 2020=0.4 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336413 · Wilson, NC AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 18% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #4/14
  • PHOTO LORD Corporation - E…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~1,064 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LORD Corporation - Erie (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kidde Aerospace & Defense in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kidde Aerospace & Defense averages 0.6 TCR (18% of the Fire detection and supression systems BLS benchmark).

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

Kidde Aerospace & Defense TCR series: 2016=0.2 · 2017=0.3 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=1 · 2020=0.4 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Kidde Aerospace & Defense falls in its industry

650 Fire detection and supression establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 14 Fire detection and supression employers in North Carolina.

Kidde Aerospace & Defense (1,064 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Kidde Aerospace & Defense
Kidde Aerospace & Defense (1,064 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Kidde Aerospace & Defense has more employees than the Fire detection and supression systems median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2023 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
2022 0.5 0.0 6 0 0
2020 0.4 0.3 4 0 0
2019 1.0 0.3 8 1 0
2018 1.6 0.4 12 0 0
2017 0.3 0.1 3 0 0
2016 0.2 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336413 · NC · Wilson

650 Fire detection and supression systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 148 employers in Wilson, NC · 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 LORD Corporation - Erie 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pall Aeropower 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Astronics Advanced Electronics Systems Corporation 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Goodrich Corporation (Rome NY) 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - RDU5 1,063 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rockingham Plant 1,066 FTE
STATE-SIZE M+H Fayetteville Plant 1,066 FTE
STATE-SIZE BSH Home Appliances SNb 1,061 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wilson (BAMG) 1,797 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Wilson 1,080 FTE
CITY-NEAR DLP Wilson Medical Center 907 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield 618 FTE
NAT-TCR Commercial HVAC Americas : MFG-Lynn Haven, FL-USA 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR LTRLAR91 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Delta Sky Club Atl E15 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Little Rock, AR 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sanofi (Genzyme) Corporation 1,064 FTE
NAT-SIZE Misericordia Home 1,064 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ethicon Cincinnati 1,064 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kalahari Resort 1,064 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: 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.