Commercial building construction general contractors · North Carolina

H.M. Kern Corporation

Greensboro, NC · ~36 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

H.M. Kern Corporation runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Commercial building construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

H.M. Kern Corporation: 0.8 TCR = 26% of Commercial building construction general contractors BLS 2.9 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

H.M. Kern Corporation safety composite

H.M. Kern Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−2.7

2018→2024

H.M. Kern Corporation injury rate improved

H.M. Kern Corporation's TCR fell 2.7 from 2.7 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.7 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Greensboro, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 26% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #25/93
  • PHOTO Chicago - Clune Cons…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chicago - Clune Construction Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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H.M. Kern Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows H.M. Kern Corporation averages 0.8 TCR (26% of the Commercial building construction general contractors BLS benchmark).

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

H.M. Kern Corporation TCR series: 2018=2.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.9

Where H.M. Kern Corporation falls in its industry

4,692 Commercial building constructi establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 93 Commercial building constructi employers in North Carolina.

H.M. Kern Corporation (36 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate H.M. Kern Corporation
H.M. Kern Corporation (36 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

H.M. Kern Corporation has fewer employees than the Commercial building construction general median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.7 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.7 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · NC · Greensboro

4,692 Commercial building construction general contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 920 employers in Greensboro, NC · 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 Chicago - Clune Construction Company 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pav-Lak Contracting, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid Atlantic Contracting 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 7017138 - FIS Renovation & Expansion 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Butterball Hatchery # 1 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Carolina Farms (CV) 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yadkin 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edgecombe Genco, LLC. 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR MHCMH-Cone-Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital 3,806 FTE
CITY-NEAR Guilford County Local Government - All Employees 3,270 FTE
CITY-NEAR Guilford County Local Government 3,194 FTE
CITY-NEAR NCGRE - GREENSBORO HUB 2,447 FTE
NAT-TCR TXU Houston 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Abbott Labs Altavista 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR TX-Richardson 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid Atlantic Contracting 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE national wrecker inc 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lenox Tools- Irwin Industrial Tool Company 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE AMCON Corporate 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Seabrook Store 36 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, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.