Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing · Minnesota

Epic Labs

Waite Park, MN · ~26 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Epic Labs runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Epic Labs: 2.1 TCR = 65% of Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Epic Labs safety composite

Epic Labs scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

Epic Labs held a steady TCR band

Epic Labs's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339115 · Waite Park, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 65% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/16
  • PHOTO Independent Eyewear …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Independent Eyewear Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Epic Labs in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Epic Labs averages 2.1 TCR (65% of the Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Epic Labs TCR series: 2019=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Epic Labs falls in its industry

135 Lenses, ophthalmic, manufactur establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 16 Lenses, ophthalmic, manufactur employers in Minnesota.

Epic Labs (26 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 Epic Labs
Epic Labs (26 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Epic Labs has fewer employees than the Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 8.5 8.5 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339115 · MN · Waite Park

135 Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 82 employers in Waite Park, MN · 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 Independent Eyewear Manufacturing 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR EssilorLuxottica Dallas North Creek Lab 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midland Optical 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Walman Optical - Toledo 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Becker 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Silverstreak Dairy LLC, Silverstreak Dairy 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schwartz Farms Huiras MN 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Golden Egg 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR WACOSA 570 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bernicks Pepsi & Chas A Bernick of St Cloud 323 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buttweiler Environmental, Inc. 260 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buttweiler Environmental, Inc. Corporate Office 247 FTE
NAT-TCR Greenville TX 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Rockwell 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Oak Creek Terrace 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Merrimack Brewery 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Young's Masonry, Inc 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE 01039-01-01-Yuba City 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE 01063-01-01-Mt Vernon 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE TWO MEN AND A TRUCK North Aurora 26 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, 2019. 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.