Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing · Virginia

Blue Ridge Optics

Bedford, VA · ~38 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blue Ridge Optics runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Blue Ridge Optics: 1.6 TCR = 48% of Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blue Ridge Optics safety composite

Blue Ridge Optics scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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%).

Blue Ridge Optics held a steady TCR band

Blue Ridge Optics's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=0.0 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333314 · Bedford, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 48% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P53
  • PHOTO Omega Optical
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Omega Optical (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blue Ridge Optics in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blue Ridge Optics averages 1.6 TCR (48% of the Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Blue Ridge Optics TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Blue Ridge Optics falls in its industry

145 Lenses (except ophthalmic) man establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Blue Ridge Optics (38 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 1.8 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Blue Ridge Optics
Blue Ridge Optics (38 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 1.8

Blue Ridge Optics has fewer employees than the Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing median and a lower 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 6.4 3.2 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333314 · VA · Bedford

145 Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 38 employers in Bedford, VA · 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 Omega Optical 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR L3 Technologies, Insight Division 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CVI Laser Optics 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6362-NGAS-W951 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Glenwood Foods, LLC 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Headquarters 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE 316-NiSource-Lynchburg VA-Serv Ctr 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE SHAH DEVELOPMENT LLC 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1399 314 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1399 292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sam Moore Furniture 216 FTE
CITY-NEAR 524 - BEDFORD 123 FTE
NAT-TCR Myers Industries - Akro Mils 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Republic Services of Southwest Houston 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR General Atomics - Poway - A24 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Langston University 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Matrix Realty Inc. 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vineburg Machining 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE WSN-ODFL 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Accudynamics 38 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. 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.