Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in retail stores) · New York

Winchester Optical Co

Name: Winchester Optical Co Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Elmira, NY · ~37 workers · 7 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

Winchester Optical Co 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.

Winchester Optical Co: 1.1 TCR = 34% of Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in retail stores) BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Winchester Optical Co safety composite

Winchester Optical Co 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).

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−2.2

2016→2024

Winchester Optical Co injury rate improved

Winchester Optical Co's TCR fell 2.2 from 2.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.2 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339115 · Elmira, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 34% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #6/13
PHOTO WOS Optical
BOOK 7y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WOS Optical (0.0 TCR gap)

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

Winchester Optical Co TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Winchester Optical Co falls in its industry

135 Lens grinding, ophthalmic (exc establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 13 Lens grinding, ophthalmic (exc employers in New York.

Winchester Optical Co (37 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Winchester Optical Co 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	0.0	0.0	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	5.7	5.7	2
2016	2.2	2.2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339115 · NY · Elmira

135 Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in retail stores) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 88 employers in Elmira, NY · 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	WOS Optical	GREEN BAY, WI	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Walman Optical - Branch 40	BROOKLYN PARK, MN	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	Kludt Brothers Inc.	KENDALL	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PharmaCann Hamptonburgh	HAMPTONBURGH	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cruikshank Farms LLC	OGDENSBURG	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Main farm	MALONE	37 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Arnot Ogden Medical Center	Elmira	2,497 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Arc of Chemung-Schuyler	Elmira	556 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Joseph's Hospital	Elmira	424 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DePuy Synthes Horseheads	Elmira	388 FTE
NAT-TCR	Nicolet Mill	De Pere, WI	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Woodland Elementary School	Monroe Township, NJ	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Franklin	Smiths Station, AL	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Avtask	Wright City, MO	1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Hanson Masonry & Concrete, LLC	Owen, WI	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TX-Houston	Houston, TX	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hydro Resources - Mid-Continent, Inc., Sunray	Sunray, TX	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Carpet Duncansville	Duncansville, PA	37 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2016. 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.