Industry profile · NAICS 336415

Aerospace

Workplace injury rates across 56 OSHA-reporting establishments in this industry, 2016–2024.

56
Employers
1.2
Avg TCR
3.3
BLS benchmark
791
Injuries

The industry picture

Employers in Aerospace average 1.2 recordable injuries per 100 workers, below the BLS national benchmark of 3.3.

1.2
avg TCR · reporting employers
3.3
BLS national benchmark
56
employers reporting
791
recordable injuries

OSHA-reporting establishments skew toward larger, higher-hazard sites, so the reporting average runs above the BLS all-establishment benchmark.

What Aerospace Safety Data Reveals

The Aerospace sector (NAICS 336415) encompasses 56 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 791 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window, producing an industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 1.2 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year. Because OSHA's ITA mandates submission from establishments with 250+ employees plus all high-hazard industries at 20+ employees, this dataset represents a structural slice of U.S. workplace risk rather than a voluntary sample.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a separate national benchmark TCR of 3.3 for this NAICS code, derived from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Comparing the two, the ITA-reported rate of 1.2 is below the BLS benchmark, a gap that typically widens when the industry contains many large, high-exposure establishments required to file ITA reports. Employers in the table below are sorted so you can see how far individual establishments deviate from both the industry average and the national benchmark.

The practical value of industry-level safety data is threefold. First, jobseekers can gauge whether a prospective employer is better or worse than its industry peers, not just absolute injury counts, which tilt toward larger payrolls. Second, insurers and workers' compensation carriers use sector TCR as a baseline for experience-modification adjustments. Third, safety professionals benchmark their own programs against the cohort median. Use the grade-sorted employer list below to identify specific establishments within Aerospace that outperform or underperform the sector average, and click through to each record for year-by-year injury, illness, and fatality breakdowns.

Employers in this industry, by injury rate

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Employer LocationGradeAvg TCR
NGSP-CA31 COMMERCE, CA D 5.0
ATK Space Systems Inc Commerce COMMERCE, CA C 3.0
Firefly Aerospace Briggs BERTRAM, TX C 2.8
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation - Elkton ELKTON, MD C 2.7
General Dynamics, Ordnance and Tactical Systems Lincoln West Operations LINCOLN, NE C 2.7
Williams International, LLC (WL) COMMERCE TWP, MI B 2.5
Teledyne Turbine Engines TOLEDO, OH B 2.5
NGSP-UT43 CLEARFIELD, UT B 2.4
Aerojet Rocketdyne - Orange CULPEPPER, VA B 1.7
Orbital ATK - Baltimore BALTIMORE, MD B 1.7
NGDS-MD50 ELKTON, MD A 1.5
Aerojet Rocketdyne - ARDE CARLSTADT, NJ A 1.5
Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC - Elkton ELKTON, MD A 1.2
Briggs Test Facility BERTRAM, TX A 1.1
Aerojet Rocketdyne - Camden CAMDEN, AR A 1.1
Aerojet Rocketdyne - AMF North TONEY, AL A 1.1
General Dynamics, Ordanance and Tactical Systems - Lincoln Operations LINCOLN, NE A 1.1
Aerojet Rocketdyne - Orange CULPEPER, VA A 1.1
Aerojet Rocketdyne - Sacramento RANCHO CORDOVA, CA A 1.0
GD-OTS Seattle, Moses Lake Production Center MOSES LAKE, WA A 1.0
NGSP-UT03 MAGNA, UT A 1.0
Northrop Grumman/Propulsion Systems - Bacchus MAGNA, UT A 1.0
Williams International, LLC (HQ) PONTIAC, MI A 0.9
Aerojet Rocketdyne - Redmond REDMOND, WA A 0.9
Vacco INdustries SOUTH EL MONTE, CA A 0.8
KIRA Aerospace - NSROC WALLOPS ISLAND, VA A 0.8
NGSP-K477 REDONDO BEACH, CA A 0.8
Allegany Ballistics Laboratory, Rocket Center, WV ROCKET CENTER, WV A 0.8
Agile Space Industries DURANGO, CO A 0.8
NGDS-WV01 ROCKET CENTER, WV A 0.8
Northrop Grumman/Propulsion Systems - Florida Operations KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL A 0.8
Aerojet Rocketdyne - Los Angeles CANOGA PARK, CA A 0.8
Aerojet Rocketdyne - Arlington ARLINGTON, VA A 0.7
Northrop Grumman/Propulsion Systems - Promontory BRIGHAM CITY, UT A 0.7
GD-OTS Seattle, North Creek Development Center BOTHELL, WA A 0.6
Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. - Gainesville BRISTOW, VA A 0.6
Aerojet Rocketdyne - Stennis STENNIS SPACE CENTER, MS A 0.6
Aerojet Rocketdyne - Canoga Park CANOGA PARK, CA A 0.6
Firefly Aerospace Hive LEANDER, TX A 0.5
Moog, Inc. - Moog ISP NIAGARA FALLS, NY A 0.5
Aerojet Rocketdyne - Huntsville HUNTSVILLE, AL A 0.4
Alliant Techsystems Operations, LLC, DES Division NORTHRIDGE, CA A 0.4
Aerojet Rocketdyne - West Palm Beach JUPITER, FL A 0.4
Aerojet Rocketdyne - Huntsville AMF TONEY, AL A 0.4
Madison ORBITEC - WM1 MADISON, WI A 0.4
Orbital ATK - Elkton ELKTON, MD A 0.3
Cedar Park Facility CEDAR PARK, TX A 0.3
Aerojet Rocketdyne - Huntsville HQ HUNTSVILLE, AL A 0.2
Firefly Aerospace Cedar Park CEDAR PARK, TX C 0.0
KIRA Government NSROC NASSA WIFF, VA C 0.0
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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore Editorial

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This sector averages 1.2 against a BLS benchmark of 3.3 - but individual employers span the full A-to-F range.

Sector figures use the credible-subset mean across reporting employers; a benchmark is not any single establishment's measured rate.