Acid plant construction · Virginia

DD Kerns Construction Co, Inc

Covington, VA · ~27 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DD Kerns Construction Co, Inc runs at 43% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Acid plant construction workplace, earning a grade A.

DD Kerns Construction Co, Inc: 1.2 TCR = 43% of Acid plant construction BLS 2.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DD Kerns Construction Co, Inc safety composite

DD Kerns Construction Co, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−3.7

2022→2024

DD Kerns Construction Co, Inc injury rate improved

DD Kerns Construction Co, Inc's TCR fell 3.7 from 3.7 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236210 · Covington, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 43% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #17/22
  • PHOTO H3O Incorporated
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: H3O Incorporated (0.0 TCR gap)

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DD Kerns Construction Co, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DD Kerns Construction Co, Inc averages 1.2 TCR (43% of the Acid plant construction BLS benchmark).

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

DD Kerns Construction Co, Inc TCR series: 2022=3.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.9

Where DD Kerns Construction Co, Inc falls in its industry

924 Acid plant construction establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 22 Acid plant construction employers in Virginia.

DD Kerns Construction Co, Inc (27 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate DD Kerns Construction Co, Inc
DD Kerns Construction Co, Inc (27 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6

DD Kerns Construction Co, Inc has fewer employees than the Acid plant construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.7 3.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236210 · VA · Covington

924 Acid plant construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 23 employers in Covington, VA · 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 H3O Incorporated 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2581-Bayer Soda Springs 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR DR Reynolds 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Austin Co. St. Louis 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Temperanceville Hatchery 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Degesch America Weyers Cave 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Potomac Energy Center, LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rocky Mount Ofc and Svc Ctr 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Covington Mill 1,070 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3701 Covington Mill 1,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2662 218 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2662 215 FTE
NAT-TCR Corporate Tampa-Austin Center 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Pender Water Wells 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sabey Data Center Properties LLC 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Texas Air Systems 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Home2 Suites Fort Collins 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Veolia WTS 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE K&M Tire - Park City 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE AWF Transport LLC 27 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.