Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing · Massachusetts

Materion - Westford Tyngsboro

Tyngsboro, MA · ~57 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Materion - Westford Tyngsboro runs at 8% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Materion - Westford Tyngsboro: 0.3 TCR = 8% of Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Materion - Westford Tyngsboro safety composite

Materion - Westford Tyngsboro scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% 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 Tyngsboro held a steady TCR band

Materion - Westford Tyngsboro's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 1.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 8% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/18
  • PHOTO CT135 ZYGO CORPORATION
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CT135 ZYGO CORPORATION (0.0 TCR gap)

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Materion - Westford Tyngsboro in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Materion - Westford Tyngsboro averages 0.3 TCR (8% 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 Tyngsboro TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Materion - Westford Tyngsboro falls in its industry

145 Optical Instrument and Lens Ma establishments

Safer than 97% 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 #3 safest of 18 Optical Instrument and Lens Ma employers in Massachusetts.

Materion - Westford Tyngsboro (57 employees, TCR 0.3) 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 Tyngsboro
Materion - Westford Tyngsboro (57 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 1.8

Materion - Westford Tyngsboro 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333314 · MA · Tyngsboro

145 Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 13 employers in Tyngsboro, 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 CT135 ZYGO CORPORATION 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Materion - Westford 2 Lyberty 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2967-NJ101 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PFG PRECISION OPTICS 0.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Delphi Construction Inc 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Timberline Construction Corporation 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gilbert & Becker Co., Inc 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE John F. Shea Co., Inc. 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR Allied Waste Services of Ma. 145 FTE
CITY-NEAR Allied Waste Services of Massachusetts, LLC 144 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marathon Management Inc 100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Materion - Westford - Tyngsboro 73 FTE
NAT-TCR Phoenix Construction 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Globalfoundries Malta - Fab 8 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR HoneywellAZ17 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Kionix Inc. 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE South District Service Center 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Altoona 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE 563425-Mil-Greenfield Br 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE 355835-Niagara Falls Po 57 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.