Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in retail stores) · Minnesota

Walman Optical - Branch 40

Name: Walman Optical - Branch 40 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Brooklyn Park, MN · ~62 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Walman Optical - Branch 40 runs at 34% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in retail stores) workplace, earning a grade A.

Walman Optical - Branch 40: 1.1 TCR = 34% of Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in retail stores) BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Walman Optical - Branch 40 safety composite

Walman Optical - Branch 40 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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 0.1 from 1.6 in 2022 to 1.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.6 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 34% of ind

DART 1.7 DART
RANK #2/16
PHOTO Winchester Optical Co
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Winchester Optical Co (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Walman Optical - Branch 40 averages 1.1 TCR (34% of the Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in retail stores) BLS benchmark).

Walman Optical - Branch 40 TCR series: 2022=1.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Walman Optical - Branch 40 falls in its industry

135 Lens grinding, ophthalmic (exc establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 16 Lens grinding, ophthalmic (exc employers in Minnesota.

Walman Optical - Branch 40 (62 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 grinding, ophthalmic (except in ret 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
2024	1.7	1.7	1
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	1.6	1.6	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339115 · MN · Brooklyn Park

135 Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in retail stores) 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Winchester Optical Co	ELMIRA, NY	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WOS Optical	GREEN BAY, WI	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Chesapeake Optical Laboratory	BALTIMORE, MD	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Walman Optical - Milan	MILAN, IL	1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Pipestone System Services	PIPESTONE	62 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sports Group	MINNEAPOLIS	62 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BlueLinx Corporation Aitkin	AITKIN	62 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nor-Son Construction	BAXTER	62 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0591 - Target Northern Campus	Brooklyn Park	5,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AMRG	Brooklyn Park	2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Retail Merchandising Services	Brooklyn Park	1,399 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Egan Company	Brooklyn Park	962 FTE
NAT-TCR	ACS Group	New Berlin, WI	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Corp 5700 Exec Drive	Catonsville, MD	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Western Washington University	Bellingham, WA	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	H.W. Culp Lumber Company Inc	New London, NC	1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Nisus Corp LLC	Rockford, TN	62 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bender Plumbing Supplies of Waterbury, Inc.	Waterbury, CT	62 FTE
NAT-SIZE	True Greenscapes, Inc.	Tulare, CA	62 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hajoca 738	Denton, TX	62 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.