Fixed base operators · Michigan

Pentastar Aviation, LLC

Waterford, MI · ~234 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pentastar Aviation, LLC runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fixed base operators workplace, earning a grade B.

Pentastar Aviation, LLC: 2.7 TCR = 60% of Fixed base operators BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pentastar Aviation, LLC safety composite

Pentastar Aviation, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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%).

Pentastar Aviation, LLC held a steady TCR band

Pentastar Aviation, LLC's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.2 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.2 · 2017=0.5 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=2.0 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=5.7 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488119 · Waterford, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.7 · 60% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #9/33
  • PHOTO 00001267 MMU - 267 M…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 43 inj
  • SIZE ~234 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 00001267 MMU - 267 MORRISTOWN MUNICIPAL APT (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pentastar Aviation, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pentastar Aviation, LLC averages 2.7 TCR (60% of the Fixed base operators BLS benchmark).

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

Pentastar Aviation, LLC TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2017=0.5 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=2 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=5.7 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Pentastar Aviation, LLC falls in its industry

1,555 Fixed base operators establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 33 Fixed base operators employers in Michigan.

Pentastar Aviation, LLC (234 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0200400600800 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Pentastar Aviation, LLC
Pentastar Aviation, LLC (234 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Pentastar Aviation, LLC has more employees than the Fixed base operators median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 2.3 1.9 5 0 0
2022 5.7 5.7 12 0 0
2021 2.4 2.4 5 0 0
2020 2.2 1.7 4 0 0
2019 2.0 0.5 4 0 0
2018 4.1 3.6 8 0 0
2017 0.5 0.0 1 0 0
2016 2.2 1.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488119 · MI · Waterford

1,555 Fixed base operators employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 51 employers in Waterford, MI · 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 00001267 MMU - 267 MORRISTOWN MUNICIPAL APT 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mercury Air Centers Inc - BNA 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SAN-D 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aero Charter, Inc 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Plascore, Inc. 234 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gonzalez Production Systems Pontiac 234 FTE
STATE-SIZE 018-00749 234 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meijer #303 234 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oakland Schools 677 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meijer 270 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meijer 053 267 FTE
CITY-NEAR 053 - Waterford 261 FTE
NAT-TCR Delta Furniture Manufacturing 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Redwood County Law Enforcement Center 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Preco, LLC 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Southpointe Energy Resources, LLC 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE All Finish Concrete Inc 234 FTE
NAT-SIZE Omni Glass & Paint, LLC 234 FTE
NAT-SIZE Orion Industries 234 FTE
NAT-SIZE Intranerve, LLC 234 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.