Dirt moving for construction · Ohio

Kelchner Inc.

Springboro, OH · ~226 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kelchner Inc. runs at 16% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Dirt moving for construction workplace, earning a grade A.

Kelchner Inc.: 0.4 TCR = 16% of Dirt moving for construction BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kelchner Inc. safety composite

Kelchner Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.2

2016→2024

Kelchner Inc. injury rate improved

Kelchner Inc.'s TCR fell 1.2 from 1.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.2 · 2019=0.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.4 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Springboro, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 16% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/63
  • PHOTO Bear Contracting, LLC.
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~226 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bear Contracting, LLC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kelchner Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kelchner Inc. averages 0.4 TCR (16% of the Dirt moving for construction BLS benchmark).

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

Kelchner Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2019=0.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=0.4 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Kelchner Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Dirt moving for construction establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 63 Dirt moving for construction employers in Ohio.

Kelchner Inc. (226 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Kelchner Inc.
Kelchner Inc. (226 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Kelchner Inc. has more employees than the Dirt moving for construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 0.4 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.4 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.6 0.0 3 0 0
2016 1.2 0.3 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · OH · Springboro

1,750 Dirt moving for construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 39 employers in Springboro, OH · 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 Bear Contracting, LLC. 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diamond Services Company 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kelly Cortum Inc 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jackson Demolition Service, Inc 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Select Sires, Inc - Ohio 226 FTE
STATE-SIZE Company 226 FTE
STATE-SIZE Franklin. OH 226 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3471 Campus (Corporate, MMF, Richards) 226 FTE
CITY-NEAR SOUTHERN OHIO PIZZA INC 688 FTE
CITY-NEAR 014-00925 198 FTE
CITY-NEAR PAT100 192 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hillspring Healthcare 165 FTE
NAT-TCR Greenwood Main Office 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Racanelli Construction Co Inc. 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Milliken & Company 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR OG&E-Central District Office 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Crest Foods Store 2 226 FTE
NAT-SIZE Electric Services, Inc. 226 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arkansas Plastics Operations 226 FTE
NAT-SIZE Keystone RV Company - Plant 57 226 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, 2019, 2016. 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.