Lens blanks, plastics ophthalmic or optical, manufacturing · New York

Nova Optical Laboratory

Name: Nova Optical Laboratory Workplace Safety Data
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Orangeburg, NY · ~60 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Nova Optical Laboratory runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Lens blanks, plastics ophthalmic or optical, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Nova Optical Laboratory: 1.8 TCR = 54% of Lens blanks, plastics ophthalmic or optical, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nova Optical Laboratory safety composite

Nova Optical Laboratory scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

Nova Optical Laboratory: 1.6 → 2.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 2.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.1× in 2023

Nova Optical Laboratory's TCR rose 0.4 from 1.6 in 2022 to 2.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Orangeburg, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 54% of ind

DART 2.0 DART
RANK #19/87
PHOTO ORBIS Urbana
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ORBIS Urbana (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.8
ORBIS Urbana

1.8
Berry Global -

1.8
Polymer Corpor

1.8
Indiana Plasti

1.8

What this shows Nova Optical Laboratory averages 1.8 TCR (54% of the Lens blanks, plastics ophthalmic or optical, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Nova Optical Laboratory TCR series: 2022=1.6 · 2023=2 · BLS 3.3

Where Nova Optical Laboratory falls in its industry

2,838 Lens blanks, plastics ophthalm establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 87 Lens blanks, plastics ophthalm employers in New York.

Nova Optical Laboratory (60 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Nova Optical Laboratory has fewer employees than the Lens blanks, plastics ophthalmic or opti median and a lower 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
2023	2.0	2.0	1	0	0
2022	1.6	1.6	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · NY · Orangeburg

2,838 Lens blanks, plastics ophthalmic or optical, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 29 employers in Orangeburg, NY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	ORBIS Urbana	URBANA, OH	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Berry Global - Streetsboro, OH	STREETSBORO, OH	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Polymer Corporation	ROCKLAND, MA	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Indiana Plastics, Inc	ELKHART, IN	1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	East Coast Nurseries Inc.	RIVERHEAD	60 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NYSEG Mechanicville	MECHANICVILLE	60 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Orchard Park SC	ORCHARD PARK	60 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Park7 Development, LLC	NEW YORK	60 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nice-Pak Prod. Inc / PDI Inc.	Orangeburg	684 FTE
CITY-NEAR	API Industries Inc	Orangeburg	488 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Crestron Electronics - Orangeburg, NY	Orangeburg	368 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chromalloy New York	Orangeburg	366 FTE
NAT-TCR	Market Basket #36	Somersworth, NH	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Calavo Growers	Santa Paula, CA	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Marshall Nursing & Rehabilitation Community	Marshall, MI	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tipp City Plant	Tipp City, OH	1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Cargill Inc	Sioux City, IA	60 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Forest Growout (MLO)	Forest, MS	60 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Town & Country Sanitation Inc	Boscobel, WI	60 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pipe Valves, Inc.	Columbus, OH	60 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: 2023, 2022. 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.