Hose, flexible metal, manufacturing · Massachusetts

Vacuum Barrier Corp

Woburn, MA · ~59 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vacuum Barrier Corp runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hose, flexible metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Vacuum Barrier Corp: 3.4 TCR = 104% of Hose, flexible metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vacuum Barrier Corp safety composite

Vacuum Barrier Corp scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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 3.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.3

2017→2023

Vacuum Barrier Corp injury rate improved

Vacuum Barrier Corp's TCR fell 2.3 from 2.3 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.3 · 2021=7.4 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Woburn, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 104% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/18
  • PHOTO The Materials Techno…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Materials Technology Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vacuum Barrier Corp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vacuum Barrier Corp averages 3.4 TCR (104% of the Hose, flexible metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Vacuum Barrier Corp TCR series: 2017=2.3 · 2021=7.4 · 2022=4 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Vacuum Barrier Corp falls in its industry

827 Hose, flexible metal, manufact establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 18 Hose, flexible metal, manufact employers in Massachusetts.

Vacuum Barrier Corp (59 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Vacuum Barrier Corp
Vacuum Barrier Corp (59 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Vacuum Barrier Corp has fewer employees than the Hose, flexible metal, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.0 2.0 2 0 0
2021 7.4 7.4 2 2 0
2017 2.3 2.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · MA · Woburn

827 Hose, flexible metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 187 employers in Woburn, 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 The Materials Technology Center 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AST 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ideal Clamp Products 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Temco Engineered Products, Inc. 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Brookdale Ave 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Structures Derek International sa 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grattan Line Construction 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ballard - Mid-Atlantic 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raytheon_Woburn_MA 1,364 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marshalls Woburn Merchants, Inc 1,044 FTE
CITY-NEAR Woburn Marshalls Distribution Center 1,029 FTE
CITY-NEAR GEI Consultants, Inc. 837 FTE
NAT-TCR Foodland Markets #53 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Wenatchee HQ-Tech Shop (Location) 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Axiom, Inc 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Brown County Hospital 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corporate 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Van Putte Seed Co. Inc. 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE IWI US Inc 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Belzona Global LLC 59 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2017. 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.