Construction management, water and sewer line · Nebraska

Kersten Construction, Inc.

Gretna, NE · ~32 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kersten Construction, Inc. runs at 168% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Construction management, water and sewer line workplace, earning a grade D.

Kersten Construction, Inc.: 4.7 TCR = 168% of Construction management, water and sewer line BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kersten Construction, Inc. safety composite

Kersten Construction, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−6.2

2017→2024

Kersten Construction, Inc. injury rate improved

Kersten Construction, Inc.'s TCR fell 6.2 from 9.3 in 2017 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.3 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=3.0 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Gretna, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 168% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/17
  • PHOTO Willow Lake Cogen & …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Willow Lake Cogen & Solid Improvement (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kersten Construction, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kersten Construction, Inc. averages 4.7 TCR (168% of the Construction management, water and sewer line BLS benchmark).

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

Kersten Construction, Inc. TCR series: 2017=9.3 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=3 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=3 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Kersten Construction, Inc. falls in its industry

1,614 Construction management, water establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 17 Construction management, water employers in Nebraska.

Kersten Construction, Inc. (32 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kersten Construction, Inc.
Kersten Construction, Inc. (32 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Kersten Construction, Inc. has fewer employees than the Construction management, water and sewer median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2023 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2022 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2021 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2020 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2019 3.9 0.0 1 0 0
2018 9.3 9.3 3 0 0
2017 9.3 6.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · NE · Gretna

1,614 Construction management, water and sewer line employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 23 employers in Gretna, NE · 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 Willow Lake Cogen & Solid Improvement 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Omussee WWTP Expansion 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Farm Pump and Irrigation Co. Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pospiech Contracting, Inc 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bluebird Nursery Inc 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prairieland Dairy 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Midwest Electric Cooperative Corporation 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE BHGNE - Kearney (NE053) 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vala's Pumpkin Farm 381 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gretna - Main Store 311 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4600 303 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4600 247 FTE
NAT-TCR MTS Flint 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR LaMettry's Collision - Bloomington 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Global Freight Solutions Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Mondelez Global Pacific Mountain - Sales 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Elite Electric Inc. 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Hope 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bissett Nursery #714 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE MLC-DEV 32 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.