Employer · Massachusetts

Newport/MKS Instruments Inc.

Franklin, MA · ~96 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Newport/MKS Instruments Inc. runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade B.

Newport/MKS Instruments Inc.: 2.3 TCR = 71% of industry BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Newport/MKS Instruments Inc. safety composite

Newport/MKS Instruments Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Newport/MKS Instruments Inc.: 1.2 → 2.0 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 4.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2022

Newport/MKS Instruments Inc.'s TCR rose 0.8 from 1.2 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 71% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/18
  • PHOTO Lightforce USA, Inc.…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lightforce USA, Inc. dba Nightforce Optics - Orofino (0.0 TCR gap)

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Newport/MKS Instruments Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Newport/MKS Instruments Inc. averages 2.3 TCR (71% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Newport/MKS Instruments Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=0 · 2018=1 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=2 · BLS 3.3

Where Newport/MKS Instruments Inc. falls in its industry

145 industry establishments

Safer than 32% 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 #14 safest of 18 industry employers in Massachusetts.

Newport/MKS Instruments Inc. (96 employees, TCR 2.3) 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 Newport/MKS Instruments Inc.
Newport/MKS Instruments Inc. (96 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 1.8

Newport/MKS Instruments Inc. has more employees than the industry median and a higher 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
2022 2.0 0.0 2 0 0
2021 4.4 2.2 4 0 0
2020 4.4 4.4 4 0 0
2019 3.2 2.1 3 0 0
2018 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.2 1.2 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333314 · MA · Franklin

145 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 85 employers in Franklin, 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 Lightforce USA, Inc. dba Nightforce Optics - Orofino 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR KARL STORZ - Franklin 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR LightPath Technologies, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR CA141 ZYGO EXTREME PRECISION OPTICS 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE 961-NiSource-Lawrence MA 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Consolidated Public Works 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tocco Corporation 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Channel Fish Co. Inc 96 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taunton 1,691 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franklin 55 675 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franklin 50 670 FTE
CITY-NEAR Horace Mann Educational Associates 633 FTE
NAT-TCR Lasco Lath & Plaster, Inc 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Fox Grand Traverse 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Lake Health System 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Music City Fire Sprinkler, LLC 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE CHEP Kansas City Service Center (UT1K) 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE A&A Electric Services 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE PHS - The Farmstead 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6458-ZBID 96 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: 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.