Eyeglass frames (i.e., fronts and temples), ophthalmic, manufacturing · Illinois

Independent Eyewear Manufacturing

Vernon Hills, IL · ~59 workers · 3 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

Independent Eyewear Manufacturing runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Eyeglass frames (i.e., fronts and temples), ophthalmic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Independent Eyewear Manufacturing: 2.1 TCR = 64% of Eyeglass frames (i.e., fronts and temples), ophthalmic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Independent Eyewear Manufacturing safety composite

Independent Eyewear Manufacturing scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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 2.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.2

2017→2022

Independent Eyewear Manufacturing injury rate improved

Independent Eyewear Manufacturing's TCR fell 4.2 from 4.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.2 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339115 · Vernon Hills, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 64% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/6
  • PHOTO Epic Labs
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Epic Labs (0.0 TCR gap)

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Independent Eyewear Manufacturing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Independent Eyewear Manufacturing averages 2.1 TCR (64% of the Eyeglass frames (i.e., fronts and temples), ophthalmic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Independent Eyewear Manufacturing TCR series: 2017=4.2 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Independent Eyewear Manufacturing falls in its industry

135 Eyeglass frames (i.e., fronts establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Eyeglass frames (i.e., fronts employers in Illinois.

Independent Eyewear Manufacturing (59 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 Independent Eyewear Manufacturing
Independent Eyewear Manufacturing (59 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Independent Eyewear Manufacturing has fewer employees than the Eyeglass frames (i.e., fronts and temple 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2017 4.2 4.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339115 · IL · Vernon Hills

135 Eyeglass frames (i.e., fronts and temples), ophthalmic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 65 employers in Vernon Hills, IL · 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 Epic Labs 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR EssilorLuxottica Dallas North Creek Lab 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midland Optical 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carl Zeiss Vision, Inc. 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cornbelt Fire Protection District 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Exelon Nuclear Services & Training Center (STC) 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Electric Field Meter Services 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0G5 - Gas Tech - Engineering 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vernon Hills 1,273 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rust-Oleum 580 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vernon Hills, IL - BCU 434 FTE
CITY-NEAR BD Vernon Hills 375 FTE
NAT-TCR Mid-West Machine Products, Inc 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Renaissance Lakewood, LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 8807743-WAL-MART.COM 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 726 - Chula Vista East 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE PSSI - 0034 West Liberty Foods LLC 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quality Steel Corp. 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG674 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sauk Prairie Healthcare - Medical Office Building 59 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: 2022, 2021, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.