Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing · Massachusetts

Waters Corporation Milford, MA and Field

Milford, MA · ~2,379 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waters Corporation Milford, MA and Field runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Waters Corporation Milford, MA and Field: 1.0 TCR = 31% of Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waters Corporation Milford, MA and Field safety composite

Waters Corporation Milford, MA and Field scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.4

2016→2020

Waters Corporation Milford, MA and Field injury rate improved

Waters Corporation Milford, MA and Field's TCR fell 0.4 from 1.1 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.1 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=1.0 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334516 · Milford, MA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 31% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #20/33
  • PHOTO PKI Billerica
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 108 inj
  • SIZE ~2,379 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PKI Billerica (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waters Corporation Milford, MA and Field in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waters Corporation Milford, MA and Field averages 1.0 TCR (31% of the Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Waters Corporation Milford, MA and Field TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=1 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=0.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Waters Corporation Milford, MA and Field falls in its industry

213 Laboratory analytical instrume establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 33 Laboratory analytical instrume employers in Massachusetts.

Waters Corporation Milford, MA and Field (2,379 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Waters Corporation Milford, MA and Field
Waters Corporation Milford, MA and Field (2,379 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Waters Corporation Milford, MA and Field has more employees than the Laboratory analytical instruments (excep median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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
2020 0.7 0.6 16 0 0
2019 0.9 0.6 21 1 0
2018 1.0 0.6 20 4 0
2017 1.4 0.9 29 4 0
2016 1.1 0.5 22 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334516 · MA · Milford

213 Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 71 employers in Milford, 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 PKI Billerica 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Micromeritics 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Manufacturing 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR AB SCIEX LLC 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Winchester Hospital/Member of BILH 2,366 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waters- Milford 2,393 FTE
STATE-SIZE Raytheon_Tewksbury_MA 2,348 FTE
STATE-SIZE Raytheon - Marlborough 2,332 FTE
CITY-NEAR MRMC 1,824 FTE
CITY-NEAR Consigli Construction Company, Inc. 1,686 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DBO3 1,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR Beacon - MA 524 FTE
NAT-TCR DGS Aviation Services : PHL - Philadelphia 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR ERA Golden, CO 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Chestnut Service Center 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 504 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 300000170855522 - WI-Green Bay-CSBC 2,379 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mercy Hospital of Buffalo 2,379 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tnwhi - Whites Creek Hub 2,380 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - CLT2 2,380 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: 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.