Laser equipment, electromedical, manufacturing · Massachusetts

Novanta Inc.

Bedford, MA · ~362 workers · 9 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

Novanta Inc. runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Laser equipment, electromedical, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Novanta Inc.: 0.7 TCR = 22% of Laser equipment, electromedical, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Novanta Inc. safety composite

Novanta Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

Novanta Inc. held a steady TCR band

Novanta Inc.'s TCR held near 0.3 from 0.6 in 2016 to 0.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.6 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=1.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334510 · Bedford, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 22% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/11
  • PHOTO Philips 312 New Kens…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~362 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Philips 312 New Kensington (0.0 TCR gap)

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Novanta Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Novanta Inc. averages 0.7 TCR (22% of the Laser equipment, electromedical, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Novanta Inc. TCR series: 2016=0.6 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=1 · 2019=0 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=0.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Novanta Inc. falls in its industry

242 Laser equipment, electromedica establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.1.

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 11 Laser equipment, electromedica employers in Massachusetts.

Novanta Inc. (362 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 186 employees and a TCR of 1.1 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Novanta Inc.
Novanta Inc. (362 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 186 employees and a TCR of 1.1

Novanta Inc. has more employees than the Laser equipment, electromedical, manufac median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.1. 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 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.5 0.0 5 1 0
2022 0.3 0.3 1 0 0
2021 1.2 0.3 4 0 0
2020 0.6 0.6 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.0 0.7 4 0 0
2017 1.1 0.5 4 0 0
2016 0.6 0.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334510 · MA · Bedford

242 Laser equipment, electromedical, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 50 employers in Bedford, 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 Philips 312 New Kensington 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minnesota - World Headquarters 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zoetis LLC 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR EP Minnetonka MN 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Helfrich Brothers Boiler Works Inc 362 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edgewater/Norwood 362 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lockheed Martin Corporation Chelmsford (1553) 362 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jill Acquisition LLC - Headquarters 362 FTE
CITY-NEAR Instrumentation Laboratory 1,248 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bedford - 174 Middlesex Pkwy 453 FTE
CITY-NEAR EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby and 75 Wiggins 422 FTE
CITY-NEAR State Electric Corporation 419 FTE
NAT-TCR Horseheads NY 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid-West Textile LLC 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Franklin, Wi 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Youngsville, NC 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hiva Inc 362 FTE
NAT-SIZE UFP New Waverly LLC 362 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bulley & Andrews 362 FTE
NAT-SIZE Allied Ag Associates, Inc 362 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.