Lens blanks, plastics ophthalmic or optical, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

MXL Industries, Inc.

Lancaster, PA · ~75 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

MXL Industries, Inc. runs at 251% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Lens blanks, plastics ophthalmic or optical, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

MXL Industries, Inc.: 8.3 TCR = 251% of Lens blanks, plastics ophthalmic or optical, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MXL Industries, Inc. safety composite

MXL Industries, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

MXL Industries, Inc.: 4.5 → 5.4 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 13.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2021

MXL Industries, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.9 from 4.5 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 13.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Lancaster, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.3 · 251% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #166/183
  • PHOTO The Step2 Company, L…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Step2 Company, LLC - Perrysville Location (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Pennsylvania employers → · Look up another →

MXL Industries, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MXL Industries, Inc. averages 8.3 TCR (251% of the Lens blanks, plastics ophthalmic or optical, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

MXL Industries, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=13.9 · 2018=12 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=5.4 · BLS 3.3

Where MXL Industries, Inc. falls in its industry

2,838 Lens blanks, plastics ophthalm establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #166 safest of 183 Lens blanks, plastics ophthalm employers in Pennsylvania.

MXL Industries, Inc. (75 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate MXL Industries, Inc.
MXL Industries, Inc. (75 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

MXL Industries, Inc. has fewer employees than the Lens blanks, plastics ophthalmic or opti median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2021 5.4 5.4 4 0 0
2020 5.7 5.7 4 0 0
2019 8.2 4.1 6 0 0
2018 12.0 6.7 9 0 0
2017 13.9 12.3 9 0 0
2016 4.5 1.5 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · PA · Lancaster

2,838 Lens blanks, plastics ophthalmic or optical, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 450 employers in Lancaster, 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 The Step2 Company, LLC - Perrysville Location 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Polymar 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Polymer Industries - Henagar 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Lakone Company 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kaolin Mushroom Farms - Starr Road Complex 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5D Field Services, LLC 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE FMS Construction Company 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE B&D Builders 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lancaster General Health, LGH Hospital 7,424 FTE
CITY-NEAR LGHealth 7,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lancaster General Hospital 6,528 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lancaster General Medical Group 1,436 FTE
NAT-TCR Iten Industries 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR SWALK Operations, LLC 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sunnycrest Senior Living 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Garner crop location 8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Good Samaritan Society-Eugene Village 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wingate Service Center 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wilmington, NC HVAC 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE US167: Tulsa 441 - SG 75 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: 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.