Aircraft manufacturing · Kansas

Textron Aviation - TAV Defense

Name: Textron Aviation - TAV Defense Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Wichita, KS · ~366 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Textron Aviation - TAV Defense runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Aircraft manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Textron Aviation - TAV Defense: 1.3 TCR = 38% of Aircraft manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Textron Aviation - TAV Defense safety composite

Textron Aviation - TAV Defense scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−0.8

2019→2020

Textron Aviation - TAV Defense injury rate improved

Textron Aviation - TAV Defense's TCR fell 0.8 from 1.6 in 2019 to 0.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.6 · 2020=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind

DART 0.9 DART
RANK #3/22
PHOTO WA026
BOOK 2y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~366 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WA026 (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.3
WA026

1.3
ICTA - ASSY

1.3
Shield AI - Da

1.3
M7 Aerospace,

1.3

What this shows Textron Aviation - TAV Defense averages 1.3 TCR (38% of the Aircraft manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Textron Aviation - TAV Defense TCR series: 2019=1.6 · 2020=0.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Textron Aviation - TAV Defense falls in its industry

390 Aircraft manufacturing establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 22 Aircraft manufacturing employers in Kansas.

Textron Aviation - TAV Defense (366 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 151 employees and a TCR of 1.7

Textron Aviation - TAV Defense has more employees than the Aircraft manufacturing median and a lower 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	Fatalities
2020	0.9	0.9	3	0	0
2019	1.6	1.2	5	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336411 · KS · Wichita

390 Aircraft manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 841 employers in Wichita, 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	WA026	JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ICTA - ASSY	WICHITA, KS	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Shield AI - Dallas	FRISCO, TX	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	M7 Aerospace, LLC	SAN ANTONIO, TX	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential, Inc., Edgerton, Kansas	EDGERTON	365 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Southwest Publishing and Mailing Co.	TOPEKA	365 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Challenger Sports Corporation - HQ	LENEXA	367 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 664	HAYS	368 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Spirit Aerosystems	Wichita	11,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Textron Aviation - Mid Continent	Wichita	4,359 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wesley Medical Center	Wichita	2,657 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1855-KSWIC062	Wichita	2,438 FTE
NAT-TCR	OH - Accell	Pataskala, OH	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ross store 505	Kingstowne, VA	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ross store 1589	Darien, IL	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ross store 1642	Casselberry, FL	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	DGS Aviation Services : SLC - Salt Lake City	Salt Lake City, UT	366 FTE
NAT-SIZE	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : MGE1	Braselton, GA	366 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Monogram Appetizers Moore Road	Plover, WI	366 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Armstrong World Industries- Macon Ceiling Tile Plant	Macon, GA	366 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: 2020, 2019. 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.