Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing · Pennsylvania

American Polarizers, inc.

Name: American Polarizers, inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Reading, PA · ~22 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

American Polarizers, inc. runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

American Polarizers, inc.: 3.7 TCR = 111% of Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Polarizers, inc. safety composite

American Polarizers, inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 3.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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%).

American Polarizers, inc. held a steady TCR band

American Polarizers, inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=4.6 · 2021=8.6 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333314 · Reading, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 111% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #10/10
PHOTO Coherent
BOOK 6y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Coherent (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows American Polarizers, inc. averages 3.7 TCR (111% of the Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

American Polarizers, inc. TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=4.6 · 2021=8.6 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where American Polarizers, inc. falls in its industry

145 Lenses (except ophthalmic) man establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Lenses (except ophthalmic) man employers in Pennsylvania.

American Polarizers, inc. (22 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 1.8

American Polarizers, inc. has fewer employees than the Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.8. 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
2024	0.0	0.0	0
2023	3.9	3.9	1
2022	4.9	4.9	1
2021	8.6	0.0	2
2019	4.6	0.0	1
2018	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333314 · PA · Reading

145 Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 303 employers in Reading, PA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Coherent	RICHMOND, CA	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MLD Technologies, LLC	EUGENE, OR	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	08682324 REGIONAL SERVICE CENTER	LOS ANGELES, CA	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Corning	KEENE, NH	3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Dawson's Orchards	ENON VALLEY	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kuhn Orchards, LLC	ORRTANNA	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Giorgi Mushroom Farm 3	TEMPLE	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	New Hope	CONCORD	22 FTE
CITY-NEAR	READING HOSPITAL	Reading	5,693 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SAO : Reading	Reading	2,203 FTE
CITY-NEAR	A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center	Reading	1,764 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - TEN1	Reading	1,261 FTE
NAT-TCR	Aurora Packing Company	North Aurora, IL	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Biancofiori	Lafayette, IN	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Checkpoint Systems Inc.	Canton, OH	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	NCC023	Burlington, NC	3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Ripley Metals	Ripley, OH	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	First Service Mechanical	Salt Lake City, UT	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Auer's Moving & Rigging., Inc.	New York, NY	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Biloxi Service Center	Biloxi, MS	22 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, 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.