Lens mounts, ophthalmic, manufacturing · Minnesota

Walman Optical- Branch 40

Brooklyn Park, MN · ~50 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Walman Optical- Branch 40 runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Lens mounts, ophthalmic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Walman Optical- Branch 40: 1.6 TCR = 47% of Lens mounts, ophthalmic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Walman Optical- Branch 40 safety composite

Walman Optical- Branch 40 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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%).

Walman Optical- Branch 40 held a steady TCR band

Walman Optical- Branch 40's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=6.2 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339115 · Brooklyn Park, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 47% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/16
  • PHOTO Oakley FHR
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oakley FHR (0.0 TCR gap)

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Walman Optical- Branch 40 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Walman Optical- Branch 40 averages 1.6 TCR (47% of the Lens mounts, ophthalmic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Walman Optical- Branch 40 TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=6.2 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Walman Optical- Branch 40 falls in its industry

135 Lens mounts, ophthalmic, manuf establishments

Safer than 62% 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 #3 safest of 16 Lens mounts, ophthalmic, manuf employers in Minnesota.

Walman Optical- Branch 40 (50 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 Optical- Branch 40
Walman Optical- Branch 40 (50 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Walman Optical- Branch 40 has fewer employees than the Lens mounts, ophthalmic, manufacturing median and a lower 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 6.2 0.0 3 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339115 · MN · Brooklyn Park

135 Lens mounts, ophthalmic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 226 employers in Brooklyn Park, 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 Oakley FHR 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Walman Optical- Kent 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advance Optical Sales Co. Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR PDS Consultants Inc #1 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Meadow Star 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louriston 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE East Dublin 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edina Service Center-UB 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0591 - Target Northern Campus 5,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMRG 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR Retail Merchandising Services 1,399 FTE
CITY-NEAR Egan Company 962 FTE
NAT-TCR NGC Transmission (America) 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-30311) 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation (272-MF-SON) 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Turlock, CA 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Electrical 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Transteck Inc. - Philadelphia 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Two Rivers Terminal Pasco 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE ADESA Las Vegas 50 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.