Leather apparel (e.g., capes, coats, hats, jackets) (except apparel contractors) manufacturing · Massachusetts

Vanson Leathers, inc

Fall River, MA · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vanson Leathers, inc runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Leather apparel (e.g., capes, coats, hats, jackets) (except apparel contractors) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Vanson Leathers, inc: 1.3 TCR = 40% of Leather apparel (e.g., capes, coats, hats, jackets) (except apparel contractors) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vanson Leathers, inc safety composite

Vanson Leathers, inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

Vanson Leathers, inc: 0.0 → 2.6 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 2.6 TCR · DART/TCR 2.01× in 2023

Vanson Leathers, inc's TCR rose 2.6 from 0.0 in 2018 to 2.6 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 315280 · Fall River, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 40% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK P83
  • PHOTO 774 - FORT SMITH
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 774 - FORT SMITH (0.1 TCR gap)

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Vanson Leathers, inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vanson Leathers, inc averages 1.3 TCR (40% of the Leather apparel (e.g., capes, coats, hats, jackets) (except apparel contractors) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Vanson Leathers, inc TCR series: 2018=0 · 2023=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Vanson Leathers, inc falls in its industry

35 Leather apparel (e.g., capes, establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Vanson Leathers, inc (36 employees, TCR 1.3) among 21 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 78 employees and a TCR of 3.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 22 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Vanson Leathers, inc
Vanson Leathers, inc (36 employees, TCR 1.3) among 21 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 78 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Vanson Leathers, inc has fewer employees than the Leather apparel (e.g., capes, coats, hat median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

315280 · MA · Fall River

35 Leather apparel (e.g., capes, coats, hats, jackets) (except apparel contractors) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 138 employers in Fall River, 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 774 - FORT SMITH 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Voler Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR HPK Industries LLC 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Saratoga 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jonathan's Sprouts Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metro Elevator NE, Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cafco Construction Management, LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE White Schiavone JV 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Charlton Memorial Hospital 1,944 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Anne's Hospital 1,586 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : BOS7 1,388 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blount Fine Foods 1,169 FTE
NAT-TCR Henry Clay Blvd (Hcb1)-Ny87 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Pilgrims 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Iowa Donor Network - North Liberty 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Vermillion Incorporated 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Embassy Suites Atlanta Galleria 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Theisen's of Grinnell 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE falcon 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frederic Co Inc 36 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, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.