Temples and fronts (i.e., eyeglass frames), ophthalmic, manufacturing · California

Staar Surgical Aliso Viejo

Aliso Viejo, CA · ~15 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Staar Surgical Aliso Viejo runs at 312% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Temples and fronts (i.e., eyeglass frames), ophthalmic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Staar Surgical Aliso Viejo: 10.3 TCR = 312% of Temples and fronts (i.e., eyeglass frames), ophthalmic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Staar Surgical Aliso Viejo safety composite

Staar Surgical Aliso Viejo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−8.8

2018→2024

Staar Surgical Aliso Viejo injury rate improved

Staar Surgical Aliso Viejo's TCR fell 8.8 from 15.3 in 2018 to 6.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 19.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=15.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2023=19.5 · 2024=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339115 · Aliso Viejo, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.3 · 312% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #22/22
  • PHOTO 1100 - NATIONAL CITY…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~15 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1100 - NATIONAL CITY CA OPT DISTR CTR (1.0 TCR gap)

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Staar Surgical Aliso Viejo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Staar Surgical Aliso Viejo averages 10.3 TCR (312% of the Temples and fronts (i.e., eyeglass frames), ophthalmic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Staar Surgical Aliso Viejo TCR series: 2018=15.3 · 2019=0 · 2023=19.5 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Staar Surgical Aliso Viejo falls in its industry

135 Temples and fronts (i.e., eyeg establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 22 Temples and fronts (i.e., eyeg employers in California.

Staar Surgical Aliso Viejo (15 employees, TCR 10.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Staar Surgical Aliso Viejo
Staar Surgical Aliso Viejo (15 employees, TCR 10.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Staar Surgical Aliso Viejo has fewer employees than the Temples and fronts (i.e., eyeglass frame median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 6.5 3.2 2 0 0
2023 19.5 19.5 3 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 15.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339115 · CA · Aliso Viejo

135 Temples and fronts (i.e., eyeglass frames), ophthalmic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 51 employers in Aliso Viejo, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR 1100 - NATIONAL CITY CA OPT DISTR CTR 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elite Optical 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bartley Optical 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR X-cel Optical Company 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE JK FARMS 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE workers 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pajaro Valley 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE MMF-Hemet 15 FTE
CITY-NEAR Microvention 1,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR CALAG - LAGUNA HUB 1,156 FTE
CITY-NEAR LAGUNA HUB (CALAG) 1,044 FTE
CITY-NEAR Neo Aliso Viejo 696 FTE
NAT-TCR SunTree Snack Foods, LLC 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR A. Oseguera Company 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Park Place 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR People's Linen Service Forge St 10.3 TCR

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, 2019, 2018. 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.