Masonry contractors · Massachusetts

Vaz Construction Inc.

New Bedford, MA · ~28 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vaz Construction Inc. runs at 35% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Masonry contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Vaz Construction Inc.: 1.0 TCR = 35% of Masonry contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vaz Construction Inc. safety composite

Vaz Construction Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

Vaz Construction Inc. held a steady TCR band

Vaz Construction Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238140 · New Bedford, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 35% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/21
  • PHOTO Raymond E. Kelley, I…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Raymond E. Kelley, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vaz Construction Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vaz Construction Inc. averages 1.0 TCR (35% of the Masonry contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Vaz Construction Inc. TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Vaz Construction Inc. falls in its industry

703 Masonry contractors establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 21 Masonry contractors employers in Massachusetts.

Vaz Construction Inc. (28 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Vaz Construction Inc.
Vaz Construction Inc. (28 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Vaz Construction Inc. has fewer employees than the Masonry contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 5.9 5.9 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238140 · MA · New Bedford

703 Masonry contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 109 employers in New 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 Raymond E. Kelley, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zampell Refractories Inc. Massachusetts Division 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Grenadier Corporation 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Omnistone Masonry, Inc. 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ocean Spray Carver Receiving Station 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waypoint General Contracting LLC 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Masters Touch 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pomeroy & Co., Inc. 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Hospital 2,204 FTE
CITY-NEAR High Point & Affiliated Organizations 1,264 FTE
CITY-NEAR JAMCO 690 FTE
CITY-NEAR LifeStream 644 FTE
NAT-TCR Henkel US Operations Corporation 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Nampa TCA 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Furman - Daniel Dining Hall 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 043-Ft Stockton 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE RD Bitzer Co Inc 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE J&K Earthworks, LLC 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Keys 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Supermercados Morelos - La Union Corp 28 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. 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.