Housing, single-family, construction general contractors · Indiana
Kerstiens Homes & Designs, Inc
Jasper, IN · ~40 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 13.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kerstiens Homes & Designs, Inc runs at 362% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Housing, single-family, construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade F.
Kerstiens Homes & Designs, Inc: 13.8 TCR = 362% of Housing, single-family, construction general contractors BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kerstiens Homes & Designs, Inc safety composite
Kerstiens Homes & Designs, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).
42/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 13.77 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 77% 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
−27.0
2019→2023
Kerstiens Homes & Designs, Inc injury rate improved
Kerstiens Homes & Designs, Inc's TCR fell 27.0 from 29.6 in 2019 to 2.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 29.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=29.6 · 2022=9.2 · 2023=2.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 236115 · Jasper, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 13.8 · 362% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #12/13
- PHOTO Nationwide Gutter #687
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 15 inj
- SIZE ~40 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Nationwide Gutter #687 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kerstiens Homes & Designs, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Kerstiens Homes & Designs, Inc
13.8 TCR
- Nationwide Gut
Nationwide Gutter #687
13.8 TCR
- R.V. Stich Con
R.V. Stich Construction, Inc.
13.8 TCR
- Littleton Mill
Littleton Millwork, Inc.
13.8 TCR
- Homeway Homes
Homeway Homes Facility
13.7 TCR
What this shows Kerstiens Homes & Designs, Inc averages 13.8 TCR (362% of the Housing, single-family, construction general contractors BLS benchmark).
Kerstiens Homes & Designs, Inc TCR series: 2019=29.6 · 2022=9.2 · 2023=2.6 · BLS 3.8
Where Kerstiens Homes & Designs, Inc falls in its industry
976 Housing, single-family, constr establishmentsSafer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 13 Housing, single-family, constr employers in Indiana.
Kerstiens Homes & Designs, Inc has fewer employees than the Housing, single-family, construction gen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.2 | 4.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 29.6 | 8.9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
236115 · IN · Jasper
976 Housing, single-family, construction general contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 81 employers in Jasper, IN · 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 | Nationwide Gutter #687 | 13.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | R.V. Stich Construction, Inc. | 13.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Littleton Millwork, Inc. | 13.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Homeway Homes Facility | 13.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Black Gold Farms | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 320-NiSource-Chesterton IN-Bailly Gen | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Baer Field Service Center | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | IND-DWH-INDIANA | 40 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center | 1,684 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kimball Electronics | 809 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kimball Electronics Jasper | 610 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc. Jasper, IN | 520 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Progressive Metal Forming, Inc. | 13.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Keystone Nursing Care Center Inc | 13.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 0373 | 13.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | US Foods Portland | 13.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Water Pollution Control Facility | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Steel Systems Installation Inc | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Oyster Bay Golf Course | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | *Montgomery Ortho Associates | 40 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.