Comparators, optical, manufacturing · New York

Thorlabs Lens Systems, Inc.

Rochester, NY · ~82 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Thorlabs Lens Systems, Inc. runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Comparators, optical, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Thorlabs Lens Systems, Inc.: 4.1 TCR = 123% of Comparators, optical, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thorlabs Lens Systems, Inc. safety composite

Thorlabs Lens Systems, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Thorlabs Lens Systems, Inc.: 1.4 → 6.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Thorlabs Lens Systems, Inc.'s TCR rose 5.3 from 1.4 in 2023 to 6.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 123% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/12
  • PHOTO Rainbow Research Opt…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~82 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rainbow Research Optics, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Thorlabs Lens Systems, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Thorlabs Lens Systems, Inc. averages 4.1 TCR (123% of the Comparators, optical, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Thorlabs Lens Systems, Inc. TCR series: 2023=1.4 · 2024=6.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Thorlabs Lens Systems, Inc. falls in its industry

145 Comparators, optical, manufact establishments

Safer than 11% 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 #8 safest of 12 Comparators, optical, manufact employers in New York.

Thorlabs Lens Systems, Inc. (82 employees, TCR 4.1) 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 Lens Systems, Inc.
Thorlabs Lens Systems, Inc. (82 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 1.8

Thorlabs Lens Systems, 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
2024 6.7 0.0 5 0 0
2023 1.4 0.0 1 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 Rainbow Research Optics, LLC 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gooch & Housego, California 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR HIVIZ Shooting Systems 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Williams Gun Sight Company 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE ROSLYN-NY74 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE DiMarco Constructors 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Montante Companies 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Donnelly Construction Inc 82 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 Central Mass - Webster-Ma09 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Aladdin Temp-Rite LLC 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Minnesota Millwork & Fixtures 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Nutrawise 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE LEOMINSTER-MA16 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Norman Filter Company & Norman Equipment Company 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Singota Solutions 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Waters of Martinsville 82 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.