Helicopter passenger carriers (except scenic, sightseeing), nonscheduled · California

Sinton Helicopters

Paso Robles, CA · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sinton Helicopters runs at 109% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Helicopter passenger carriers (except scenic, sightseeing), nonscheduled workplace, earning a grade C.

Sinton Helicopters: 4.9 TCR = 109% of Helicopter passenger carriers (except scenic, sightseeing), nonscheduled BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sinton Helicopters safety composite

Sinton Helicopters scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

F

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Sinton Helicopters held a steady TCR band

Sinton Helicopters's TCR held near 0.3 from 4.8 in 2022 to 5.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.8 · 2023=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 481211 · Paso Robles, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.9 · 109% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #8/9
  • PHOTO Flexjet- TEB
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Flexjet- TEB (0.5 TCR gap)

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Sinton Helicopters in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sinton Helicopters averages 4.9 TCR (109% of the Helicopter passenger carriers (except scenic, sightseeing), nonscheduled BLS benchmark).

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

Sinton Helicopters TCR series: 2022=4.8 · 2023=5.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Sinton Helicopters falls in its industry

40 Helicopter passenger carriers establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Helicopter passenger carriers employers in California.

Sinton Helicopters (24 employees, TCR 4.9) among 21 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 94 employees and a TCR of 1.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 22 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 05001,0001,500 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Sinton Helicopters
Sinton Helicopters (24 employees, TCR 4.9) among 21 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 94 employees and a TCR of 1.8

Sinton Helicopters has fewer employees than the Helicopter passenger carriers (except sc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.8. 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 5.1 5.1 1 0 0
2022 4.8 4.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

481211 · CA · Paso Robles

40 Helicopter passenger carriers (except scenic, sightseeing), nonscheduled employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 89 employers in Paso Robles, CA · 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 Flexjet- TEB 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR JSX (BUR) 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR JSX (SNA) 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR JSX (OAK) 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Agro-Jal Farming Enterprises 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE MTD Farms 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marc Pura Ranch, LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Costa Farms 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 146 956 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 160 764 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pearce Services, LLC 677 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1660 Circle B Rd. Paso Robles, CA 93465 516 FTE
NAT-TCR Prospect Park Alliance 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Jefferson Chevrolet 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #0819 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR O'Neal Steel Incorporated_Shelbyville 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE TDH Nurseries LLC 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE FLEXcon KY 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Walser Experienced Autos Burnsville 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE KLS Frito Lay OR 24 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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