0908 - CWI OPTICAL LAB - CA
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NATIONAL CITY, CA | Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing
~789 avg employees | 7 years of OSHA data
0908 - CWI OPTICAL LAB - CA has an average TCR of 6.9, which is 208% of the industry average (3.3) for Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing. This is significantly worse than average.
Safety Insights for 0908 - CWI OPTICAL LAB - CA
0908 - CWI OPTICAL LAB - CA operates an establishment with approximately 789 full-time equivalent workers in NATIONAL CITY, CA, classified under the Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing industry (NAICS 339115). Across 7 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 312 recordable injuries, 4 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 6.9 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the F letter grade (Failing Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.3 for Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing, 0908 - CWI OPTICAL LAB - CA's workforce experiences 208% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 7 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating 0908 - CWI OPTICAL LAB - CA as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from 0908 - CWI OPTICAL LAB - CA's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 339115 — Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2023)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
57 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 1,516,534 hours worked = 7.52 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 0908 - CWI OPTICAL LAB - CA (this establishment) | 6.88 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 7-year avg |
| Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in retail stores) industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 339115 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 58.88 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by 0908 - CWI OPTICAL LAB - CA to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 57 reportable incidents · 57 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 48 reportable incidents · 46 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 40 reportable incidents · 40 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 32 reportable incidents · 31 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 38 reportable incidents · 38 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 49 reportable incidents · 48 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 52 reportable incidents · 52 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 46 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 48 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 52 | 0 | 0 |
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