Lens mounts, ophthalmic, manufacturing · Michigan

Walman Optical- Traverse City

Traverse City, MI · ~24 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Walman Optical- Traverse City runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Lens mounts, ophthalmic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Walman Optical- Traverse City: 2.6 TCR = 79% of Lens mounts, ophthalmic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Walman Optical- Traverse City safety composite

Walman Optical- Traverse City scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

Walman Optical- Traverse City: 0.0 → 5.0 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 5.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.92× in 2021

Walman Optical- Traverse City's TCR rose 5.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 5.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339115 · Traverse City, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 79% of ind

  • DART 5.0 DART
  • RANK P35
  • PHOTO Alcon Johns Creek
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alcon Johns Creek (0.0 TCR gap)

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Walman Optical- Traverse City in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Walman Optical- Traverse City averages 2.6 TCR (79% 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- Traverse City TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=5 · BLS 3.3

Where Walman Optical- Traverse City falls in its industry

135 Lens mounts, ophthalmic, manuf establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Walman Optical- Traverse City (24 employees, TCR 2.6) 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- Traverse City
Walman Optical- Traverse City (24 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Walman Optical- Traverse City has fewer employees than the Lens mounts, ophthalmic, manufacturing 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
2021 5.0 5.0 1 0 0
2020 5.4 0.0 1 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 · MI · Traverse City

135 Lens mounts, ophthalmic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 197 employers in Traverse City, MI · 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 Alcon Johns Creek 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Walman Optical Service Center 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Classic Optical Laboritories Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paulson Manufacturing Corporation 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Medina Dairy, LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sturgis 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE CE Innovation Center 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Filtration and Meter Shop 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Munson Medical Center 3,845 FTE
CITY-NEAR Munson Healthcare 830 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Michigan College 705 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Michigan College - 28999 569 FTE
NAT-TCR BTPS/Bookmasters, Inc 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mensor LP 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bedford Adult Detention Center 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Jack Daniel's Bottling 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southern Division Greenville 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mobile Division Monroeville Crew Headquarters 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Judd Builders, LLC 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE ACBL - Paducah Office 24 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.