Comparators, optical, manufacturing · New York

Stefan Sydor Optics, Inc.

Rochester, NY · ~84 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Stefan Sydor Optics, Inc. runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Comparators, optical, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Stefan Sydor Optics, Inc.: 4.8 TCR = 146% of Comparators, optical, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Stefan Sydor Optics, Inc. safety composite

Stefan Sydor Optics, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−5.9

2017→2020

Stefan Sydor Optics, Inc. injury rate improved

Stefan Sydor Optics, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.9 from 8.1 in 2017 to 2.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.1 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333314 · Rochester, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 146% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #9/12
  • PHOTO Electric Mirror
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Electric Mirror (0.0 TCR gap)

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Stefan Sydor Optics, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Stefan Sydor Optics, Inc. averages 4.8 TCR (146% of the Comparators, optical, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Stefan Sydor Optics, Inc. TCR series: 2017=8.1 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=2.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Stefan Sydor Optics, Inc. falls in its industry

145 Comparators, optical, manufact establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 12 Comparators, optical, manufact employers in New York.

Stefan Sydor Optics, Inc. (84 employees, TCR 4.8) 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 Stefan Sydor Optics, Inc.
Stefan Sydor Optics, Inc. (84 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 1.8

Stefan Sydor Optics, Inc. has more employees than the Comparators, optical, manufacturing 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
2020 2.2 1.1 1 1 0
2019 2.3 1.1 2 0 0
2018 6.7 3.4 6 0 0
2017 8.1 8.1 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333314 · NY · Rochester

145 Comparators, optical, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 956 employers in Rochester, NY · 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 Electric Mirror 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ISP Optics Corporation 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coherent TIOS 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Semrock Inc. 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Astoria Generating Station 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bonacio Construction, Inc. 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE NA-US-NY-Elmsford-Ridgewood Drive 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keleman-Bauer Construction Inc. DBA Edbauer Construction 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR Division 50 University of Rochester 13,244 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochester General Hospital 7,833 FTE
CITY-NEAR Division 40 University of Rochester 4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unity Hospital 3,158 FTE
NAT-TCR Louisville Operations, 7929 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR HDT Global Tanner 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sun State Central Florida 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR County of Harnett-Public Utilities 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Technopref Industries 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harbinger 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lupient Kia 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Mt. Carmel 84 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.