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

Walman Optical - St Paul

St Paul, MN · ~46 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Walman Optical - St Paul runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in retail stores) workplace, earning a grade C.

Walman Optical - St Paul: 3.0 TCR = 92% of Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in retail stores) BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Walman Optical - St Paul safety composite

Walman Optical - St Paul scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−5.8

2022→2024

Walman Optical - St Paul injury rate improved

Walman Optical - St Paul's TCR fell 5.8 from 5.8 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.8 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 92% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/16
  • PHOTO TRI-SUPREME OPTICAL
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TRI-SUPREME OPTICAL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Walman Optical - St Paul in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Walman Optical - St Paul averages 3.0 TCR (92% of the Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in retail stores) BLS benchmark).

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

Walman Optical - St Paul TCR series: 2022=5.8 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Walman Optical - St Paul falls in its industry

135 Lens grinding, ophthalmic (exc establishments

Safer than 27% 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 #13 safest of 16 Lens grinding, ophthalmic (exc employers in Minnesota.

Walman Optical - St Paul (46 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 - St Paul
Walman Optical - St Paul (46 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Walman Optical - St Paul has fewer employees than the Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in ret 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.2 3.2 2 0 0
2022 5.8 3.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339115 · MN · St Paul

135 Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in retail stores) 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 TRI-SUPREME OPTICAL 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Optical 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elite Optical Sacramento 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hoya Vision Care, Tacoma 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Canby 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elk River Municipal Utilities 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rogers 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE District Energy Saint Paul 46 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 CA - Sacramento - 2670 Land Ave - The American Bottling Company 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Auto Metal Craft 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR kordsa chattanooga 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 037 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sunset Erectors 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Buquet & Leblanc Inc. 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trussworks-Mabank 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Daytona Beach 46 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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