Wafer processing equipment, semiconductor, manufacturing · Colorado

MKS Boulder

Boulder, CO · ~99 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MKS Boulder runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Wafer processing equipment, semiconductor, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

MKS Boulder: 2.7 TCR = 82% of Wafer processing equipment, semiconductor, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MKS Boulder safety composite

MKS Boulder scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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%).

Rising injury rate

MKS Boulder: 2.0 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.07× in 2020

MKS Boulder's TCR rose 3.8 from 2.0 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333242 · Boulder, CO AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 82% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Lam Research Corp Ma…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~99 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lam Research Corp Malta Field Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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MKS Boulder in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MKS Boulder averages 2.7 TCR (82% of the Wafer processing equipment, semiconductor, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

MKS Boulder TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=5.8 · BLS 3.3

Where MKS Boulder falls in its industry

133 Wafer processing equipment, se establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Wafer processing equipment, se employers in Colorado.

MKS Boulder (99 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 1.2 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 01,0002,0003,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate MKS Boulder
MKS Boulder (99 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 1.2

MKS Boulder has fewer employees than the Wafer processing equipment, semiconducto median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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
2020 5.8 2.9 4 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.7 2.8 5 0 0
2017 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2016 2.0 2.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333242 · CO · Boulder

133 Wafer processing equipment, semiconductor, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 190 employers in Boulder, CO · 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 Lam Research Corp Malta Field Office 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR MKS Klamath Falls 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lam Research Corp Hillsboro Office 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR BTU International 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE KB Home - Colorado Division Office 99 FTE
STATE-SIZE Golden Triangle Construction, LLC 99 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bergelectric Corporation-CO 99 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berwick Electric 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR Boulder Campus 1,554 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foothills Campus 1,368 FTE
CITY-NEAR Measurement Solutions-Boulder Flow 761 FTE
CITY-NEAR Flow Measurement Products 711 FTE
NAT-TCR Jasper Construction Services, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 808 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR J.J. Curran Crane Company 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 1846 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE SDR019 99 FTE
NAT-SIZE RagingWire VA 99 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2580-Remington, IN 99 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brian Center Health & Rehabilitation/Yanceyville 99 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.