Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in retail stores) · Ohio

Classic Optical Laboritories Inc.

Youngstown, OH · ~189 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Classic Optical Laboritories Inc. runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in retail stores) workplace, earning a grade C.

Classic Optical Laboritories Inc.: 2.7 TCR = 81% of Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in retail stores) BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Classic Optical Laboritories Inc. safety composite

Classic Optical Laboritories Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Classic Optical Laboritories Inc.: 2.3 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2018

Classic Optical Laboritories Inc.'s TCR rose 1.5 from 2.3 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339115 · Youngstown, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 81% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #11/12
  • PHOTO Walman Optical Servi…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~189 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Walman Optical Service Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Classic Optical Laboritories Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Classic Optical Laboritories Inc. averages 2.7 TCR (81% of the Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in retail stores) BLS benchmark).

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

Classic Optical Laboritories Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Classic Optical Laboritories Inc. falls in its industry

135 Lens grinding, ophthalmic (exc establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 12 Lens grinding, ophthalmic (exc employers in Ohio.

Classic Optical Laboritories Inc. (189 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,5002,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Classic Optical Laboritories Inc.
Classic Optical Laboritories Inc. (189 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Classic Optical Laboritories Inc. has more employees than the Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in ret median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2018 3.8 2.6 9 1 0
2017 1.9 0.8 5 0 0
2016 2.3 1.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339115 · OH · Youngstown

135 Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in retail stores) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 276 employers in Youngstown, OH · 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 Walman Optical Service Center 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alcon Johns Creek 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paulson Manufacturing Corporation 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Walman Optical- Traverse City 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kokosing Alberici Traylor, LLC 189 FTE
STATE-SIZE Universal Production 189 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ohio Mulch Supply 189 FTE
STATE-SIZE Creative Foam - Dayton 189 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Elizabeth Health Center 2,702 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health St Elizabeth Health Hospital 2,679 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ohio Edison Company 832 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vallourec Star, LP 681 FTE
NAT-TCR 2346 Shoppers-Manchester (Sv 052028) 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Chassix Benton Harbor 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0027 1845 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ontario - Mazda 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Tenet Hahnemann Hosp Evs 189 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 4 189 FTE
NAT-SIZE 021-MIL 189 FTE
NAT-SIZE Life Care Center of New Port Richety 189 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: 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.