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

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.

B
Good Safety Record
2.7
avg TCR · per 100 workers
4.5
industry benchmark (BLS)
43
recordable injuries tracked

Grade compares Pentastar Aviation, LLC's OSHA Total Case Rate of 2.7 to the Fixed base operators BLS benchmark of 4.5 (60% of benchmark) across 8 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.

Injury rate over time

Pentastar Aviation, LLC's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.

0246 20162017201820192020202120222024 2.34.5 Industry benchmarkPentastar Aviation, LLC TCR
Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 488119.

Where Pentastar Aviation, LLC falls in its industry

1,731 Fixed base operators establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 35 Fixed base operators employers in Michigan.

Trend analysis for Pentastar Aviation, LLC

Between 2016 and 2024, Pentastar Aviation, LLC's Total Case Rate worsened from 2.2 to 2.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 5% increase across 8 years of OSHA reporting.

The safest year on record was 2017, at a TCR of 0.5, while 2022 saw the highest rate, at 5.7, a spread of 5.2 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.

Summed across those 8 reporting years, Pentastar Aviation, LLC recorded 43 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 8-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.

Verify This Employer with OSHA

The 43 injuries shown on this page for Pentastar Aviation, LLC are sourced from its own 8 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 488119 - Fixed base operators.

DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)

What is the DART rate formula?

DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.

4 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 426,968 hours worked = 1.87 DART

Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping

Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State

Benchmark TCR Source
Pentastar Aviation, LLC (this establishment) 2.69 OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg
Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) industry avg 4.50 BLS IIF, NAICS 488119
Michigan state avg (all industries) 4.73 OSHA ITA, state-level rollup

Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program

Reportable Incident Timeline

Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Pentastar Aviation, LLC to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.

Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records

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

What this grade means for you

Use this grade as a relative read on Pentastar Aviation, LLC's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Fixed base operators peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.

  • At 60% of the Fixed base operators benchmark, Pentastar Aviation, LLC reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
  • Judge this record against the wider Fixed base operators sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
  • Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another

Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Pentastar Aviation, LLC's safety grade?
Pentastar Aviation, LLC has a safety grade of B (Good Safety Record). This grade is based on their average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 2.7 compared to the BLS industry benchmark of 4.5 for Fixed base operators.
How many injuries has Pentastar Aviation, LLC reported?
Pentastar Aviation, LLC has reported 43 total injuries and 0 fatalities across 8 years of OSHA data (2024, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016). This data comes from mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reports.

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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. Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore Editorial

Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.