Industrial building (except warehouses) construction, general contractors · Virginia
D.D. Kerns Construction Company, Inc.
Covington, VA · ~39 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
D.D. Kerns Construction Company, Inc. runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Industrial building (except warehouses) construction, general contractors workplace, earning a grade A.
D.D. Kerns Construction Company, Inc.: 0.7 TCR = 26% of Industrial building (except warehouses) construction, general contractors BLS 2.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
D.D. Kerns Construction Company, Inc. safety composite
D.D. Kerns Construction Company, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (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).
68/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 0.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% 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
−2.2
2016→2021
D.D. Kerns Construction Company, Inc. injury rate improved
D.D. Kerns Construction Company, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.2 from 2.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=2.2 · 2017=0.0 · 2021=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 236210 · Covington, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 26% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #11/22
- PHOTO Graycor Industrial C…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~39 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Graycor Industrial Constructors Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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D.D. Kerns Construction Company, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- SK Batteries
SK Batteries
0.8 TCR
- JFSNA at ADM C
JFSNA at ADM Columbus
0.8 TCR
- This site
D.D. Kerns Construction Company, Inc.
0.7 TCR
- Graycor Indust
Graycor Industrial Constructors Inc.
0.7 TCR
- Halls Industri
Halls Industrial LLC
0.7 TCR
What this shows D.D. Kerns Construction Company, Inc. averages 0.7 TCR (26% of the Industrial building (except warehouses) construction, general contractors BLS benchmark).
D.D. Kerns Construction Company, Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2017=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.9
Where D.D. Kerns Construction Company, Inc. falls in its industry
924 Industrial building (except wa establishmentsSafer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 22 Industrial building (except wa employers in Virginia.
D.D. Kerns Construction Company, Inc. has fewer employees than the Industrial building (except warehouses) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
236210 · VA · Covington
924 Industrial building (except warehouses) construction, general contractors 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 | Graycor Industrial Constructors Inc. | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Halls Industrial LLC | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SK Batteries | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | JFSNA at ADM Columbus | 0.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Select Genetics VA Hatch 60 61 62 64 65 66, 950-VA | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Utilities - Sewerage Systems | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DWATTS Construction LLC | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FGG Herndon | 39 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 | Home Office | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Devon Energy Corporation - Weatherford | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brentwood500 | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | US109: New Orleans 269 - SG | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Boyer Nurseries & Orchards, Inc. | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Poet's Walk Round Rock | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BHE - Lawrence (KS009) | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BHGAR - Ozark - Cataberry Run (AR012) | 39 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.