Optical test and inspection equipment manufacturing · Colorado

nLIGHT DEFENSE Systems, Inc.

Longmont, CO · ~87 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

nLIGHT DEFENSE Systems, Inc. runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Optical test and inspection equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

nLIGHT DEFENSE Systems, Inc.: 3.4 TCR = 103% of Optical test and inspection equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

nLIGHT DEFENSE Systems, Inc. safety composite

nLIGHT DEFENSE Systems, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

nLIGHT DEFENSE Systems, Inc.: 2.5 → 4.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.25× in 2024

nLIGHT DEFENSE Systems, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.7 from 2.5 in 2023 to 4.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333314 · Longmont, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 103% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #5/7
  • PHOTO MKS Franklin
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MKS Franklin (0.1 TCR gap)

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nLIGHT DEFENSE Systems, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows nLIGHT DEFENSE Systems, Inc. averages 3.4 TCR (103% of the Optical test and inspection equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

nLIGHT DEFENSE Systems, Inc. TCR series: 2023=2.5 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where nLIGHT DEFENSE Systems, Inc. falls in its industry

145 Optical test and inspection eq establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 7 Optical test and inspection eq employers in Colorado.

nLIGHT DEFENSE Systems, Inc. (87 employees, TCR 3.4) 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 nLIGHT DEFENSE Systems, Inc.
nLIGHT DEFENSE Systems, Inc. (87 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 1.8

nLIGHT DEFENSE Systems, Inc. has more employees than the Optical test and inspection equipment ma 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 4.2 4.2 3 1 0
2023 2.5 1.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333314 · CO · Longmont

145 Optical test and inspection equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 182 employers in Longmont, CO · 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 MKS Franklin 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rocky Mountain Instrument Co 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Corning 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 08682324 REGIONAL SERVICE CENTER 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jagged Peak Energy, LLC 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pawnee Station 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE American West Construction, LLC 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stageco 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR Longmont, CO 1,167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Longmont United Hospital 638 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-05500001-055001 562 FTE
CITY-NEAR Longs Peak Hospital 537 FTE
NAT-TCR PSC Industries - Houston 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR REC Silicon 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Molle Chevrolet 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Kerry Red Arrow 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Maceys Granger 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Martin Sprocket & Gear 13 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wausau Homes Inc 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Altium Packaging - Sherman 87 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. 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.