Laser boring, drilling, and cutting machines, metalworking, manufacturing · Minnesota

Kern Electronics and Lasers, Inc

Wadena, MN · ~33 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kern Electronics and Lasers, Inc runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Laser boring, drilling, and cutting machines, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Kern Electronics and Lasers, Inc: 1.9 TCR = 56% of Laser boring, drilling, and cutting machines, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kern Electronics and Lasers, Inc safety composite

Kern Electronics and Lasers, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−3.4

2019→2024

Kern Electronics and Lasers, Inc injury rate improved

Kern Electronics and Lasers, Inc's TCR fell 3.4 from 3.4 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.4 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Wadena, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 56% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/21
  • PHOTO CAM Solutions
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CAM Solutions (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kern Electronics and Lasers, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kern Electronics and Lasers, Inc averages 1.9 TCR (56% of the Laser boring, drilling, and cutting machines, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kern Electronics and Lasers, Inc TCR series: 2019=3.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Kern Electronics and Lasers, Inc falls in its industry

391 Laser boring, drilling, and cu establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 21 Laser boring, drilling, and cu employers in Minnesota.

Kern Electronics and Lasers, Inc (33 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kern Electronics and Lasers, Inc
Kern Electronics and Lasers, Inc (33 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Kern Electronics and Lasers, Inc has fewer employees than the Laser boring, drilling, and cutting mach median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 5.9 0.0 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · MN · Wadena

391 Laser boring, drilling, and cutting machines, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 34 employers in Wadena, MN · 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 CAM Solutions 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diamond America Corporation 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mazak Corporation Florence Kentucky 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR RMI Laser, LLC 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Perham Egg LLC 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gorans Brothers Inc. 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Las Vegas Raiders 17150004 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Loeffler Construction & Consulting 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4246 208 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4246 196 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elementary 101 FTE
CITY-NEAR Homecrest Outdoor Living 100 FTE
NAT-TCR Nautique Boat Company, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Belleville Container 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR PRN Medical Staffing of Lewistown 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR TGC Hospitality Management, LLC/TownePlace Suites Macon Mercer 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mechanical Engineering & Construction Corporation-VA 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Supermercados Morelos Corporate Office 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Health Department 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grossi Fabrication, Inc. 33 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.