Eyeglass frames (i.e., fronts and temples), ophthalmic, manufacturing · Minnesota

Walman Instruments

St Paul, MN · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Walman Instruments runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Eyeglass frames (i.e., fronts and temples), ophthalmic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Walman Instruments: 2.3 TCR = 71% of Eyeglass frames (i.e., fronts and temples), ophthalmic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Walman Instruments safety composite

Walman Instruments scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.7

2022→2023

Walman Instruments injury rate improved

Walman Instruments's TCR fell 4.7 from 4.7 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.7 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339115 · St Paul, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 71% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/16
  • PHOTO Walman - Corporate
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Walman - Corporate (0.0 TCR gap)

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Walman Instruments in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Walman Instruments averages 2.3 TCR (71% of the Eyeglass frames (i.e., fronts and temples), ophthalmic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Walman Instruments TCR series: 2022=4.7 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Walman Instruments falls in its industry

135 Eyeglass frames (i.e., fronts establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 16 Eyeglass frames (i.e., fronts employers in Minnesota.

Walman Instruments (42 employees, TCR 2.3) 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 Walman Instruments
Walman Instruments (42 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Walman Instruments has fewer employees than the Eyeglass frames (i.e., fronts and temple median and a higher 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.7 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339115 · MN · St Paul

135 Eyeglass frames (i.e., fronts and temples), ophthalmic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 230 employers in St Paul, MN · 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 Walman - Corporate 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Expert Optics 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CooperVision Scottsville 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Duffens Optical 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Michael Foods Inc.- GY2 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Redwood Falls, MN-PS 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willmar Municipal Utilities 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Benson Power, LLC 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1010 REGIONS HOSPITAL 5,313 FTE
CITY-NEAR HPI-Ramsey 5,183 FTE
CITY-NEAR Travelers St Paul Office 2,256 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marsden Bldg Maintenance 1,800 FTE
NAT-TCR BJ Electrical 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR BrandSafway Solutions, LLC - Nashville Branch 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Service Transport Corpus Christi, TX 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookhaven Dirt Cheap 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 21U3 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Managed Programs LLC 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Community Service Agency Beverly/In Home Therapy 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Douglass Colony Group Colorado Springs. 42 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: 2023, 2022. 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.