Aircraft manufacturing · Kansas

Textron Aviation - Independence

Name: Textron Aviation - Independence Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Independence, KS · ~520 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Textron Aviation - Independence runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Aircraft manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Textron Aviation - Independence: 2.7 TCR = 83% of Aircraft manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Textron Aviation - Independence safety composite

Textron Aviation - Independence scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 2.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−1.0

2016→2024

Textron Aviation - Independence injury rate improved

Textron Aviation - Independence's TCR fell 1.0 from 2.7 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.7 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336411 · Independence, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 83% of ind

DART 0.7 DART
RANK #15/22
PHOTO aersale
BOOK 9y book
INJ 119 inj
SIZE ~520 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: aersale (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Textron Aviation - Independence averages 2.7 TCR (83% of the Aircraft manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Textron Aviation - Independence TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Textron Aviation - Independence falls in its industry

390 Aircraft manufacturing establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 22 Aircraft manufacturing employers in Kansas.

Textron Aviation - Independence (520 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 151 employees and a TCR of 1.7

Textron Aviation - Independence has more 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
2024	1.7	0.7	10	0
2023	1.6	0.5	7	2
2022	3.4	1.4	18	1
2021	3.2	1.9	17	0
2020	2.4	0.4	8	3
2019	3.6	1.5	22	0
2018	2.2	1.5	9	3
2017	3.8	2.5	18	0
2016	2.7	2.3	10	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336411 · KS · Independence

390 Aircraft manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 27 employers in Independence, KS · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	aersale	GOODYEAR, AZ	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	General Atomics - Adelanto - AA08	ADELANTO, CA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Adelanto	ADELANTO, CA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Northrup Grumman Systems Corporation	EL SEGUNDO, CA	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Masterbrand Cabinets	NEWTON	519 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Airxcel	WICHITA	523 FTE
STATE-SIZE	HoneywellKS07	OLATHE	517 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1855-KSWIC001	PITTSBURG	523 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Standard Motor Products	Independence	356 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2893	Independence	263 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2893	Independence	257 FTE
CITY-NEAR	STE Hackney Inc. - Independence, KS	Independence	201 FTE
NAT-TCR	ADESA Charlotte	Charlotte, NC	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Brookdale Palmer Ranch	Sarasota, FL	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Subzero Engineering	Salt Lake City, UT	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Exotech, Inc.	Pompano Beach, FL	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	GKN Aerospace	Garden Grove, CA	520 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Diamond Foods Inc	Stockton, CA	520 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mitchell Grocery Corporation	Albertville, AL	520 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Life Sciences : Phenomenex - Torrance	Torrance, CA	520 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.