Electric contracting · Nebraska

Kidwell Inc

Lincoln, NE · ~260 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kidwell Inc runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electric contracting workplace, earning a grade D.

Kidwell Inc: 4.4 TCR = 156% of Electric contracting BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kidwell Inc safety composite

Kidwell Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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)
F 4.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−2.3

2016→2022

Kidwell Inc injury rate improved

Kidwell Inc's TCR fell 2.3 from 5.1 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.1 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=5.2 · 2021=6.0 · 2022=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Lincoln, NE ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 156% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #32/47
  • PHOTO Erwin Electric
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 56 inj
  • SIZE ~260 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Erwin Electric (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kidwell Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kidwell Inc averages 4.4 TCR (156% of the Electric contracting BLS benchmark).

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

Kidwell Inc TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=5.2 · 2021=6 · 2022=2.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Kidwell Inc falls in its industry

4,550 Electric contracting establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 47 Electric contracting employers in Nebraska.

Kidwell Inc (260 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kidwell Inc
Kidwell Inc (260 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Kidwell Inc has more employees than the Electric contracting median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2022 2.8 2.3 10 0 0
2021 6.0 2.2 19 0 0
2020 5.2 2.8 13 0 0
2019 2.8 2.3 5 1 0
2016 5.1 1.7 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · NE · Lincoln

4,550 Electric contracting employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 496 employers in Lincoln, 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 Erwin Electric 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Electrical Contractors 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Enterprise Electric, Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Art's Electric, Inc. 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Columbus - Main Store 260 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lexington Regional Health Center 260 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lawrence Recruiting Specialist 261 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2432 262 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nelnet Servicing LLC 2,850 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nelnet - Lincoln HQ 2,491 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bryan East Campus 2,358 FTE
CITY-NEAR FACTS Education Corporation 1,986 FTE
NAT-TCR Fresh Ideas Management- William Woods University 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Regal Supply Company 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Advantage Air Conditioning ofVA 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakeside Foods, Inc 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ainsworth Pet Nutrition Meadville Plant 260 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sutter Roofing Company of Florida 260 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jet Industries Inc 260 FTE
NAT-SIZE Red Lion Bus Transportation 260 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.