Museums · Alabama
US Space & Rocket Center
Huntsville, AL · ~630 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
US Space & Rocket Center runs at 131% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Museums workplace, earning a grade D.
US Space & Rocket Center: 4.0 TCR = 131% of Museums BLS 3.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
US Space & Rocket Center safety composite
US Space & Rocket Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% 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%).
US Space & Rocket Center held a steady TCR band
US Space & Rocket Center's TCR held near 0.3 from 4.2 in 2022 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=4.2 · 2024=3.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 712110 · Huntsville, AL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 131% of ind
- DART 3.5 DART
- RANK #5/5
- PHOTO Minneapolis Institut…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 29 inj
- SIZE ~630 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Minneapolis Institute of Art (0.0 TCR gap)
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US Space & Rocket Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Hagley Museum
Hagley Museum and Library
4.1 TCR
- This site
US Space & Rocket Center
4 TCR
- Minneapolis In
Minneapolis Institute of Art
4 TCR
- Cook Museum of
Cook Museum of Natural Science
4 TCR
- The Leonardo
The Leonardo
4 TCR
What this shows US Space & Rocket Center averages 4.0 TCR (131% of the Museums BLS benchmark).
US Space & Rocket Center TCR series: 2022=4.2 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.1
Where US Space & Rocket Center falls in its industry
246 Museums establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Museums employers in Alabama.
US Space & Rocket Center has more employees than the Museums median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
712110 · AL · Huntsville
246 Museums employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 454 employers in Huntsville, AL · 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 | Minneapolis Institute of Art | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cook Museum of Natural Science | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The Leonardo | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hagley Museum and Library | 4.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | SMART Alabama LLC | 632 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Reed Contracting Services, Inc. | 627 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Electrical | 625 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Marvin's Hardware | 635 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AL004 | 2,929 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dynetics A Leidos Company | 2,463 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Leidos - Dynetics | 2,051 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Toyota Motor Mfg of Alabama | 1,874 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Zimmer Biomet AE Medical | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Giant 196 | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MUSC Health Charleston Main | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Vcu Health | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Kite Pharma, Inc. | 630 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PECO Foods West Point | 630 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Master Klean Janitorial, INC | 630 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Corteva Agriscience Puerto Rico, Inc. | 630 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.