Employer · Massachusetts

MKS Lawrence

Lawrence, MA · ~102 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MKS Lawrence runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade A.

MKS Lawrence: 1.0 TCR = 31% of industry BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MKS Lawrence safety composite

MKS Lawrence scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

MKS Lawrence held a steady TCR band

MKS Lawrence's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=0.8 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333242 · Lawrence, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 31% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/18
  • PHOTO BTU N Billerica
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~102 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BTU N Billerica (0.0 TCR gap)

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MKS Lawrence in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MKS Lawrence averages 1.0 TCR (31% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

MKS Lawrence TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=0.8 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where MKS Lawrence falls in its industry

133 industry establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 18 industry employers in Massachusetts.

MKS Lawrence (102 employees, TCR 1.0) 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 Lawrence
MKS Lawrence (102 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 1.2

MKS Lawrence has more employees than the industry median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.1 1.6 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.8 0.9 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2018 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2017 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333242 · MA · Lawrence

133 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 77 employers in Lawrence, 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 BTU N Billerica 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Akrion Technologies 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Analog Devices 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR LEHI TEA 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE DEME Offshore US 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quincy Office 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Canton Distributors 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seaman Paper Company Paper Mill 102 FTE
CITY-NEAR LAWRENCE GENERAL HOSPITAL 1,961 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lawrence 730 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lawrence Manufacturing 728 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Balance Athletics Lawrence Mill 723 FTE
NAT-TCR Advanced Industrial Services LLC - Columbus 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Madison 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR White Marsh Training Center 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Dassault Falcon Jet LIT 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lowes Foods #151 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE SERVICENTRO 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Irvine Supply Chain Operations Center 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boscawen/Penacook Terminal 102 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, 2021, 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.