Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing · Massachusetts

Materion - Westford - 2

Westford, MA · ~77 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Materion - Westford - 2 runs at 21% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Materion - Westford - 2: 0.7 TCR = 21% of Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Materion - Westford - 2 safety composite

Materion - Westford - 2 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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%).

Materion - Westford - 2 held a steady TCR band

Materion - Westford - 2's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=0.0 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333314 · Westford, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 21% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/18
  • PHOTO Barrington
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Barrington (0.0 TCR gap)

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Materion - Westford - 2 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Materion - Westford - 2 averages 0.7 TCR (21% of the Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Materion - Westford - 2 TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Materion - Westford - 2 falls in its industry

145 Optical Instrument and Lens Ma establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 18 Optical Instrument and Lens Ma employers in Massachusetts.

Materion - Westford - 2 (77 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 1.8 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Materion - Westford - 2
Materion - Westford - 2 (77 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 1.8

Materion - Westford - 2 has fewer employees than the Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.8. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333314 · MA · Westford

145 Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 32 employers in Westford, MA · 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 Barrington 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR II-VI INC. 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR NGAS-W951 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR NGSP-W952 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Richmond Group Main Office 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chapman Construction/Design 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE G.V.W., Inc. 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5001 - Avon, MA 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR UTC Aerospace Systems (Westford MA) 690 FTE
CITY-NEAR UTC Aerospace Systems 627 FTE
CITY-NEAR Netscout 583 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodrich Corporation (Westford MA) 508 FTE
NAT-TCR Children's National Medical Center Maryland 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Jackson County Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR T151 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Tcw Inc-Spa 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE TreeSource Nursery 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Piedmont Concrete Contractors 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE PABCO Gypsum - Newark 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE 62CZ 77 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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