Search and detection systems and instruments manufacturing · California

Surface Optics Corporation

San Diego, CA · ~39 workers · 8 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

Surface Optics Corporation runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Search and detection systems and instruments manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Surface Optics Corporation: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Search and detection systems and instruments manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Surface Optics Corporation safety composite

Surface Optics Corporation 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

79/100

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 75% 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%).

Surface Optics Corporation held a steady TCR band

Surface Optics Corporation's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 0.0 TCR.

2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334511 · San Diego, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #0/45
  • PHOTO Deer Valley - HSEMS
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Deer Valley - HSEMS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Surface Optics Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Surface Optics Corporation averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Search and detection systems and instruments manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Surface Optics Corporation TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Surface Optics Corporation falls in its industry

388 Search and detection systems a establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #0 safest of 45 Search and detection systems a employers in California.

Surface Optics Corporation (39 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 207 employees and a TCR of 0.7 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Surface Optics Corporation
Surface Optics Corporation (39 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 207 employees and a TCR of 0.7

Surface Optics Corporation has fewer employees than the Search and detection systems and instrum median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.7. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334511 · CA · San Diego

388 Search and detection systems and instruments manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,979 employers in San Diego, 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 Deer Valley - HSEMS 0.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lockheed Martin Corporation US NJ Mount Laurel Tech Campus (1450) 0.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Armtec Defense Technologies North Carolina 0.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR UTC Aerospace Systems 0.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE San Felipe Farms 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schreiner Brothers Farms 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE TLC Custom Farming Company LLC 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sonoma Valley Vineyards 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC San Diego Health 9,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Atomics 8,108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health Human Services Agency 6,080 FTE
CITY-NEAR National University 4,955 FTE
NAT-TCR Envision Printing, LLC 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Cedar Bay Entertainment LLC 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Cardinal Health 7000 and 7200 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR One Federal Street 0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 125 Residence Inn 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Johnson City 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gannon & Scott 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mark Thomas Co 39 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, 2021, 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.