Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing · California

Staar Surgical Lake Forest

Lake Forest, CA · ~35 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Staar Surgical Lake Forest runs at 27% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Staar Surgical Lake Forest: 0.9 TCR = 27% of Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Staar Surgical Lake Forest safety composite

Staar Surgical Lake Forest scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

Staar Surgical Lake Forest held a steady TCR band

Staar Surgical Lake Forest's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=4.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339115 · Lake Forest, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 27% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/22
  • PHOTO Erlanger, Kentucky Lab
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Erlanger, Kentucky Lab (0.0 TCR gap)

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Staar Surgical Lake Forest in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Staar Surgical Lake Forest averages 0.9 TCR (27% of the Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Staar Surgical Lake Forest TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=4.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Staar Surgical Lake Forest falls in its industry

135 Lenses, ophthalmic, manufactur establishments

Safer than 86% 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 #5 safest of 22 Lenses, ophthalmic, manufactur employers in California.

Staar Surgical Lake Forest (35 employees, TCR 0.9) 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Staar Surgical Lake Forest
Staar Surgical Lake Forest (35 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Staar Surgical Lake Forest has fewer employees than the Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339115 · CA · Lake Forest

135 Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 90 employers in Lake Forest, CA · 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 Erlanger, Kentucky Lab 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR VSPOne New York 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CooperVision Scottsville Manufacturing Operations 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Walman Optical - Kent 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE CONSTRUCTION FABRICATION/CARPENTRY/PAINTING/ELECTRIC/PIPE 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meek Ranches LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dresick Farms, Inc. - Farm 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wolfsen Inc 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Panasonic Avionics Corporation 2,047 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARB, Inc. 1,334 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spectrum Brands, Lake Forest 598 FTE
CITY-NEAR ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential, Inc., Lake Forest 594 FTE
NAT-TCR Logoplaste, Tabler Station LLC 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Beverage Based Plant 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Association Services Office 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Carlon Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Jacksonville 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Town of Wolcott Police Department 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE P.N. Fire & Burglar Alarm Co., Inc. 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mamacita Inc. 35 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, 2022, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.