Gun sights, optical, manufacturing · Massachusetts

KARL STORZ - Franklin

Franklin, MA · ~44 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KARL STORZ - Franklin runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Gun sights, optical, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

KARL STORZ - Franklin: 2.4 TCR = 72% of Gun sights, optical, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KARL STORZ - Franklin safety composite

KARL STORZ - Franklin scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−3.0

2020→2024

KARL STORZ - Franklin injury rate improved

KARL STORZ - Franklin's TCR fell 3.0 from 4.5 in 2020 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.5 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333314 · Franklin, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 72% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #15/18
  • PHOTO LightPath Technologi…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LightPath Technologies, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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KARL STORZ - Franklin in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KARL STORZ - Franklin averages 2.4 TCR (72% of the Gun sights, optical, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KARL STORZ - Franklin TCR series: 2020=4.5 · 2021=3 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 3.3

Where KARL STORZ - Franklin falls in its industry

145 Gun sights, optical, manufactu establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 18 Gun sights, optical, manufactu employers in Massachusetts.

KARL STORZ - Franklin (44 employees, TCR 2.4) 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 KARL STORZ - Franklin
KARL STORZ - Franklin (44 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 1.8

KARL STORZ - Franklin has fewer employees than the Gun sights, optical, manufacturing median and a higher 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 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2021 3.0 3.0 0 1 0
2020 4.5 4.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333314 · MA · Franklin

145 Gun sights, optical, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 85 employers in Franklin, MA · 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 LightPath Technologies, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Newport/MKS Instruments Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lightforce USA, Inc. dba Nightforce Optics - Orofino 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CA141 ZYGO EXTREME PRECISION OPTICS 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE 103098 - NGL - Commercial Point - Vpzer & Pump 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Infrastructure GLX 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE TEAM SUNSHINE CONSTRUCTION, LLC 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ambient Temperature Corporation 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taunton 1,691 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franklin 55 675 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franklin 50 670 FTE
CITY-NEAR Horace Mann Educational Associates 633 FTE
NAT-TCR Focused Care at Gilmer 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Pratt (Target Container) Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR SEA-ITP 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Diamond Roofing Systems, LLP 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Key Gas Components, Inc. 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE MTN View @153 LLC 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE J Hilbert Anderson Inc 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE River Stone Construction, Inc. 44 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. 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.