Gauges, machinist's precision tool, optical, manufacturing · Colorado

Thorlabs Laser Division

Lafayette, CO · ~21 workers · 2 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

Thorlabs Laser Division runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Gauges, machinist's precision tool, optical, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Thorlabs Laser Division: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Gauges, machinist's precision tool, optical, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thorlabs Laser Division safety composite

Thorlabs Laser Division 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 77% 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%).

Thorlabs Laser Division held a steady TCR band

Thorlabs Laser Division's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.0 TCR.

2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333314 · Lafayette, CO AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #0/7
  • PHOTO L3 Technologies, Inc…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: L3 Technologies, Inc (Wilmington, MA Facility) (0.2 TCR gap)

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Thorlabs Laser Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Thorlabs Laser Division averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Gauges, machinist's precision tool, optical, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Thorlabs Laser Division TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Thorlabs Laser Division falls in its industry

145 Gauges, machinist's precision establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #0 safest of 7 Gauges, machinist's precision employers in Colorado.

Thorlabs Laser Division (21 employees, TCR 0.0) 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 Thorlabs Laser Division
Thorlabs Laser Division (21 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 1.8

Thorlabs Laser Division has fewer employees than the Gauges, machinist's precision tool, opti median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333314 · CO · Lafayette

145 Gauges, machinist's precision tool, optical, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 60 employers in Lafayette, CO · 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 L3 Technologies, Inc (Wilmington, MA Facility) 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PFG PRECISION OPTICS 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Materion - Westford 2 Lyberty 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Materion - Westford Tyngsboro 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sacred Seed 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE NGL WATER SOLUTIONS, LLC-C3 LASALLE 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE WGW Golden West Wind 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE BHE - Canon City Utility Dr (CO008) 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Good Samaritan Hospital 1,484 FTE
CITY-NEAR Good Samaritan Medical Center 1,319 FTE
CITY-NEAR Imagine! 773 FTE
CITY-NEAR Developmental Disabilities Center dba Imagine! 700 FTE
NAT-TCR 2000 St James Place 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pegasus Painting & Waterproofing LLC. 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bilow Farms, LLC 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lake Shore Electric Corp 0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cafr-90-Fremont, Ca 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southeastern Motor Freight, Inc. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beckmann Converting, Inc. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ryan Southfield 21 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. 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.