Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing · Pennsylvania

L3 Technologies Brashear

Pittsburgh, PA · ~140 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

L3 Technologies Brashear runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

L3 Technologies Brashear: 1.3 TCR = 39% of Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

L3 Technologies Brashear safety composite

L3 Technologies Brashear scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−1.3

2016→2018

L3 Technologies Brashear injury rate improved

L3 Technologies Brashear's TCR fell 1.3 from 1.9 in 2016 to 0.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.9 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333314 · Pittsburgh, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 39% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/10
  • PHOTO Thorlabs Inc. NJ
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~140 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Thorlabs Inc. NJ (0.0 TCR gap)

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L3 Technologies Brashear in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows L3 Technologies Brashear averages 1.3 TCR (39% of the Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

L3 Technologies Brashear TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=0.6 · BLS 3.3

Where L3 Technologies Brashear falls in its industry

145 Lenses (except ophthalmic) man establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 10 Lenses (except ophthalmic) man employers in Pennsylvania.

L3 Technologies Brashear (140 employees, TCR 1.3) 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 L3 Technologies Brashear
L3 Technologies Brashear (140 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 1.8

L3 Technologies Brashear has more employees than the Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing median and a lower 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
2018 0.6 0.0 0 1 0
2017 1.5 0.0 2 0 0
2016 1.9 0.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333314 · PA · Pittsburgh

145 Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,170 employers in Pittsburgh, PA · 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 Thorlabs Inc. NJ 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2967-CT135 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR KARL STORZ Endovision, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Materion - Westford - Tyngsboro 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE GMC Farm 3 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berks New Homes, LLC 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Myco Mechanical 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Excavators, Inc. 140 FTE
CITY-NEAR United States Steel COrporation 15,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh- Oakland 14,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (PUH) 13,900 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh-Oakland 13,208 FTE
NAT-TCR Atlas Copco Assembly Systems 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR McGill Manufacturing 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Beltline 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR City Hall-DV 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Roanoke Landing Nursing & Rehab 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE Purity - Nashville - DTI 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pottle's Transportation, LLC Hermon Terminal 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE ITRenew-Newark 140 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.