Photofinishing labs (except one-hour) · Maryland

Nations Photo Lab

Hunt Valley, MD · ~152 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.1
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nations Photo Lab runs at 7% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Photofinishing labs (except one-hour) workplace, earning a grade A.

Nations Photo Lab: 0.1 TCR = 7% of Photofinishing labs (except one-hour) BLS 2.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nations Photo Lab safety composite

Nations Photo Lab scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−0.6

2019→2024

Nations Photo Lab injury rate improved

Nations Photo Lab's TCR fell 0.6 from 0.6 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 0.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 812921 · Hunt Valley, MD AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.1 · 7% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P92
  • PHOTO Lifetouch National S…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~152 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lifetouch National School Studios - Chattanooga Plant (0.2 TCR gap)

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Nations Photo Lab in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nations Photo Lab averages 0.1 TCR (7% of the Photofinishing labs (except one-hour) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Nations Photo Lab TCR series: 2019=0.6 · 2021=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.1

Where Nations Photo Lab falls in its industry

13 Photofinishing labs (except on establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Nations Photo Lab (152 employees, TCR 0.1) among 12 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 2.1 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 13 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 0200400600 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Nations Photo Lab
Nations Photo Lab (152 employees, TCR 0.1) among 12 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Nations Photo Lab has fewer employees than the Photofinishing labs (except one-hour) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.6 0.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

812921 · MD · Hunt Valley

13 Photofinishing labs (except one-hour) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 35 employers in Hunt Valley, MD · 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 Lifetouch National School Studios - Chattanooga Plant 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lifetouch Muncie 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lifetouch Preschool and Studio Photography Plant 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lifetouch Church Directories Inc. Galion Plant 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE 6109 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Parts Authority Laurel 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6458-QBLT 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 4771 152 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hunt Valley 1,197 FTE
CITY-NEAR McCormick Hunt Valley Plant 879 FTE
CITY-NEAR Headquarters 634 FTE
CITY-NEAR Century Engineering, LLC - A Kleinfelder Company 627 FTE
NAT-TCR Torrance Facility 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lockheed Martin Corporation US VA Fort Belvoir (5488) 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR The Weitz Company, LLC. - Mission Critical 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Keller Logistics Group 0.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Generations at Applewood, LLC 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 1665 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Haumiller Engineering 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sorrento Berry Farms, LLC - Lompoc 152 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, 2021, 2019. 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.