Commercial building construction general contractors · Indiana

Kettelhut Construction, Inc.

Name: Kettelhut Construction, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lafayette, IN · ~55 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 2.9
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Kettelhut Construction, Inc. runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Commercial building construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Kettelhut Construction, Inc.: 2.3 TCR = 78% of Commercial building construction general contractors BLS 2.9 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kettelhut Construction, Inc. safety composite

Kettelhut Construction, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−1.4

2016→2020

Kettelhut Construction, Inc. injury rate improved

Kettelhut Construction, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.4 from 3.3 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.3 · 2017=2.0 · 2018=2.0 · 2020=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Lafayette, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 78% of ind

DART 1.9 DART
RANK #50/93
PHOTO Thompson Builds Inc.
BOOK 4y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Thompson Builds Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Kettelhut Construction, Inc. averages 2.3 TCR (78% of the Commercial building construction general contractors BLS benchmark).

Kettelhut Construction, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=2 · 2018=2 · 2020=1.9 · BLS 2.9

Where Kettelhut Construction, Inc. falls in its industry

4,692 Commercial building constructi establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #50 safest of 93 Commercial building constructi employers in Indiana.

Kettelhut Construction, Inc. (55 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Kettelhut Construction, Inc. has more employees than the Commercial building construction general median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2020	1.9	1.9	1
2018	2.0	2.0	1
2017	2.0	2.0	1
2016	3.3	3.3	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · IN · Lafayette

4,692 Commercial building construction general contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 205 employers in Lafayette, IN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Thompson Builds Inc.	CHURCHVILLE, NY	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Caldwell & Walsh Building Construction, Inc.	SANDY HOOK, CT	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	R. E. Lee & Son	CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Estes Construction	DAVENPORT, IA	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Warren Dairy	WILLIAMSPORT	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	392-NiSource-NIE Safety Training	LAPORTE	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Citizens Energy Group-Steam	INDIANAPOLIS	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	John L. Maxwell Inc	GREENDALE	55 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc.	Lafayette	6,222 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lafayette Operations	Lafayette	3,025 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wabash Lafayette North	Lafayette	2,452 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Arnett Hospital	Lafayette	2,070 FTE
NAT-TCR	Meter Reading Services	Augusta, GA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	10 - Som	Mayfield Village, OH	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	The CORE Group- Western PA	Pittsburgh, PA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Restoration	Port Orange, FL	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	San Miguel Power Association Inc.	Nucla, CO	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LQT Industries, LLC - (Abbeville Division)	Abbeville, LA	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Polyone	Elk Grove Village, IL	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wilson Elementary	Medford, OR	55 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: 2020, 2018, 2017, 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.