Machine shops · Ohio

Kernells Automatic Machining Inc

Berlin Heights, OH · ~37 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kernells Automatic Machining Inc runs at 116% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade C.

Kernells Automatic Machining Inc: 3.8 TCR = 116% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kernells Automatic Machining Inc safety composite

Kernells Automatic Machining Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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

−5.3

2017→2021

Kernells Automatic Machining Inc injury rate improved

Kernells Automatic Machining Inc's TCR fell 5.3 from 10.8 in 2017 to 5.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.8 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=5.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Berlin Heights, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 116% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #115/172
  • PHOTO C&M Machines Product…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: C&M Machines Products, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kernells Automatic Machining Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kernells Automatic Machining Inc averages 3.8 TCR (116% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Kernells Automatic Machining Inc TCR series: 2017=10.8 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=5.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Kernells Automatic Machining Inc falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #115 safest of 172 Machine shops employers in Ohio.

Kernells Automatic Machining Inc (37 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kernells Automatic Machining Inc
Kernells Automatic Machining Inc (37 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Kernells Automatic Machining Inc has fewer employees than the Machine shops median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2021 5.5 5.5 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2017 10.8 2.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · OH · Berlin Heights

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 3 employers in Berlin Heights, 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 C&M Machines Products, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ARDEL ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Demco Manufacturing Inc 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main Street 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Biosecurity Building 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus SW Svc Ctr 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lead Building Company LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Unified Restoration Systems, LLC 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR AutoGate Inc. 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR KERNELL'S AUTOMATIC MACHINING, INC 33 FTE
NAT-TCR SC & ASF - Bucks County 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Pep-Up 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Mullins Cheese INC #2 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Primary Beef - Dodge City KS 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oxford Farms, Inc. 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE County of Ventura, County Counsel 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Office and Shop 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sequoia Property Services 37 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.