Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing · New York

Hawthorne, New York (Labs)

Hawthorne, NY · ~281 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hawthorne, New York (Labs) runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Hawthorne, New York (Labs): 1.0 TCR = 31% of Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hawthorne, New York (Labs) safety composite

Hawthorne, New York (Labs) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

Hawthorne, New York (Labs): 0.0 → 1.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 1.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2024

Hawthorne, New York (Labs)'s TCR rose 1.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339115 · Hawthorne, NY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 31% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #5/13
  • PHOTO Classic Optical Labo…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~281 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Classic Optical Laboratories (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hawthorne, New York (Labs) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hawthorne, New York (Labs) averages 1.0 TCR (31% of the Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Hawthorne, New York (Labs) TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=0.3 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=1 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.3

Where Hawthorne, New York (Labs) falls in its industry

135 Lenses, ophthalmic, manufactur establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 13 Lenses, ophthalmic, manufactur employers in New York.

Hawthorne, New York (Labs) (281 employees, TCR 1.0) 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 Hawthorne, New York (Labs)
Hawthorne, New York (Labs) (281 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Hawthorne, New York (Labs) has more employees than the Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing median and a lower 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 1.0 1.0 3 0 0
2023 1.2 1.2 4 0 0
2022 1.1 1.1 4 0 0
2021 1.0 0.0 3 0 0
2020 1.5 0.9 5 0 0
2019 0.3 0.0 0 1 0
2018 1.7 0.4 4 0 0
2017 1.3 1.3 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339115 · NY · Hawthorne

135 Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 24 employers in Hawthorne, NY · 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 Classic Optical Laboratories 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alcon Johns Creek Manufacturing 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Meridian Optical 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cincinnatio, Ohio (Labs) 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE BEACON NORTH SERVICE CENTER-NY80 281 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mark IV Enterprises 281 FTE
STATE-SIZE Darcon Construction Inc. 281 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6319-020052 281 FTE
CITY-NEAR 7218_16609 379 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8456 MT PLEASANT NY 176 FTE
CITY-NEAR 16 Saw Mill River Road 159 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gianfia Corp. 153 FTE
NAT-TCR Oklahoma City Hampton Inn & Suites 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Philadelphia 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR USA NC Greensboro Howard Street Plant 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Arizona Region 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE PGD 281 FTE
NAT-SIZE AAF Flanders Bartow 281 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kentucky State Penitentiary 281 FTE
NAT-SIZE Forest Park 281 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, 2020, 2019, 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.