Aircraft subassemblies and parts manufacturing · California

Universal Propulsion Company (Fairfield CA)

Fairfield, CA · ~460 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Propulsion Company (Fairfield CA) runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Aircraft subassemblies and parts manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Universal Propulsion Company (Fairfield CA): 2.4 TCR = 72% of Aircraft subassemblies and parts manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Propulsion Company (Fairfield CA) safety composite

Universal Propulsion Company (Fairfield CA) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−0.4

2020→2022

Universal Propulsion Company (Fairfield CA) injury rate improved

Universal Propulsion Company (Fairfield CA)'s TCR fell 0.4 from 2.2 in 2020 to 1.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.2 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336413 · Fairfield, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 72% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #48/104
  • PHOTO Neill Aircraft Co
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~460 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Neill Aircraft Co (0.0 TCR gap)

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Universal Propulsion Company (Fairfield CA) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Propulsion Company (Fairfield CA) averages 2.4 TCR (72% of the Aircraft subassemblies and parts manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Universal Propulsion Company (Fairfield CA) TCR series: 2020=2.2 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Universal Propulsion Company (Fairfield CA) falls in its industry

650 Aircraft subassemblies and par establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 104 Aircraft subassemblies and par employers in California.

Universal Propulsion Company (Fairfield CA) (460 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Universal Propulsion Company (Fairfield CA)
Universal Propulsion Company (Fairfield CA) (460 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Universal Propulsion Company (Fairfield CA) has more employees than the Aircraft subassemblies and parts manufac median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2022 1.7 1.7 7 0 0
2021 3.2 2.0 8 0 0
2020 2.2 0.4 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336413 · CA · Fairfield

650 Aircraft subassemblies and parts manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 172 employers in Fairfield, 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 Neill Aircraft Co 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AES Arconic Roseville 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR CDI - Pin Oak 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR UTC Aerospace Systems - Everett Aerostructures 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE DPR Construction - Redwood City 460 FTE
STATE-SIZE Core-Mark, International, Inc. 460 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sysco Riverside 460 FTE
STATE-SIZE Outdoor Supply Hardware 460 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 108 2,817 FTE
CITY-NEAR NorthBay Healthcare Medical Center 1,086 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jelly Belly Candy Company 511 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2048 363 FTE
NAT-TCR 5807 Seattle WA 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR STR0614 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Newnan Operating - 285 Greenville St. Newnan 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Disability Supports of the Grt Plns 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE FRAGRANCES 460 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mdcd - Esa - Reg Iii - Dhhs 460 FTE
NAT-SIZE PHS - Johanna Shores 460 FTE
NAT-SIZE Collom & Carney Clinic-Main 460 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: 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.