Satellite communications equipment manufacturing · Maryland

Viasat Germantown

Germantown, MD · ~151 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Viasat Germantown runs at 19% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Satellite communications equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Viasat Germantown: 0.6 TCR = 19% of Satellite communications equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Viasat Germantown safety composite

Viasat Germantown scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 69% 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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%).

Viasat Germantown held a steady TCR band

Viasat Germantown's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.6 in 2018 to 0.6 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.6 · 2019=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334220 · Germantown, MD AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 19% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/9
  • PHOTO Phoenix EMS
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~151 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Phoenix EMS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Viasat Germantown in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Viasat Germantown averages 0.6 TCR (19% of the Satellite communications equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Viasat Germantown TCR series: 2018=0.6 · 2019=0.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Viasat Germantown falls in its industry

247 Satellite communications equip establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 9 Satellite communications equip employers in Maryland.

Viasat Germantown (151 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 115 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 05001,0001,500 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Viasat Germantown
Viasat Germantown (151 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 115 employees and a TCR of 1.1

Viasat Germantown has more employees than the Satellite communications equipment manuf 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
2019 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334220 · MD · Germantown

247 Satellite communications equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 55 employers in Germantown, MD · 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 Phoenix EMS 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR AJA I 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR MD25 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR CommScope - Grand Prairie 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Welch and Rushe, Inc. 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Otis Elevator Company-DC Service 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thorlabs Quantum Electronics 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cardinal Health 151 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hughes Network Systems, LLC. 1,115 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holy Cross Hospital-Germantown 813 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holy Cross Germantown Hospital-HCH-MD 775 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2357 520 FTE
NAT-TCR Klaussner Corp Offices 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Nissan Parts Redistribution Center - Mt. Juliet 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR R&L Development Co 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Edwards Vacuum Niagara 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kerry-Manitowoc 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ecolab Garland 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE 07 - Dallas Plant 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE FedEx Supply Chain - Psmrt Columbus 151 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.