Lens blanks, plastics ophthalmic or optical, manufacturing · Tennessee

Southern Optical

Piney Flats, TN · ~24 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Optical runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Lens blanks, plastics ophthalmic or optical, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Southern Optical: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Lens blanks, plastics ophthalmic or optical, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Optical safety composite

Southern Optical scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% 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

83/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 100% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

Southern Optical held a steady TCR band

Southern Optical's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.0 TCR.

2016=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Piney Flats, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #0/66
  • PHOTO ORBIS Oconomowoc
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ORBIS Oconomowoc (0.1 TCR gap)

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Southern Optical in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Optical averages 0.0 TCR (0% 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

Southern Optical TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2021=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Southern Optical falls in its industry

2,838 Lens blanks, plastics ophthalm establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #0 safest of 66 Lens blanks, plastics ophthalm employers in Tennessee.

Southern Optical (24 employees, TCR 0.0) 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 Southern Optical
Southern Optical (24 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Southern Optical 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · TN · Piney Flats

2,838 Lens blanks, plastics ophthalmic or optical, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 26 employers in Piney Flats, TN · 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 ORBIS Oconomowoc 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Otter Products - HQ 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Otter Products - Head Quarters 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Plastics 0.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE RIVERSIDE FUQUA FARMS LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buy Sod USA - Nashville Sod Farm 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Warren-Viola Utility District 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE JOB 268BG Rutherford County 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR HSN Piney Flats 878 FTE
CITY-NEAR HSN Piney Flats TN 587 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bell - BHT Piney Flats 414 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bell Helicopter Piney Flats 392 FTE
NAT-TCR US Foods, Inc. Rosemont 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Conway 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Matt Bowers Nissan EasternShore 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Matt Bowers Ford Metairie 0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Malmstrom Airforce Base Custodial 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Royal Sea Cliff 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grain Craft Great Falls MT 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Interstate Pipe & Supply Co 24 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, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.