Logging · Maine

John Khiel III Logging and Chipping Inc.

Denmark, ME · ~50 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

John Khiel III Logging and Chipping Inc. runs at 120% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Logging workplace, earning a grade D.

John Khiel III Logging and Chipping Inc.: 5.4 TCR = 120% of Logging BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

John Khiel III Logging and Chipping Inc. safety composite

John Khiel III Logging and Chipping Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

John Khiel III Logging and Chipping Inc.: 4.1 → 6.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.62× in 2024

John Khiel III Logging and Chipping Inc.'s TCR rose 2.5 from 4.1 in 2023 to 6.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 113310 · Denmark, ME ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 120% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #6/18
  • PHOTO Headrick Logging
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Headrick Logging (0.0 TCR gap)

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John Khiel III Logging and Chipping Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows John Khiel III Logging and Chipping Inc. averages 5.4 TCR (120% of the Logging BLS benchmark).

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

John Khiel III Logging and Chipping Inc. TCR series: 2023=4.1 · 2024=6.7 · BLS 4.5

Where John Khiel III Logging and Chipping Inc. falls in its industry

177 Logging establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 18 Logging employers in Maine.

John Khiel III Logging and Chipping Inc. (50 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 John Khiel III Logging and Chipping Inc.
John Khiel III Logging and Chipping Inc. (50 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 4.8

John Khiel III Logging and Chipping Inc. has more employees than the Logging median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 6.7 3.3 4 0 0
2023 4.1 2.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

113310 · ME · Denmark

177 Logging employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 3 employers in Denmark, ME · 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 Headrick Logging 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Olympia Yard 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR DL Stoy Logging Co. 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sun Mountain Logging 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE NU-ME 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE NTension Corp 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ranor Inc. 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maine Woods Company LLC 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Khiel Logging - Home Base 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wyonegonic Camps Inc. 28 FTE
NAT-TCR POCASSET 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Office 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Home Sweet Home Operations LLC 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Town Center 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE USA Charlotte 5489 Josh Birmingham Parkway 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA Grand Rapids 4560 Pederson Ct 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA El Paso 6520 Convair Rd 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA Denver 24050 E 78th Ave 50 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. 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.