Building framing (except structural steel) · Minnesota

Lester Building Systems, LLC LBI

Lester Prairie, MN · ~52 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lester Building Systems, LLC LBI runs at 404% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Building framing (except structural steel) workplace, earning a grade F.

Lester Building Systems, LLC LBI: 11.3 TCR = 404% of Building framing (except structural steel) BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lester Building Systems, LLC LBI safety composite

Lester Building Systems, LLC LBI scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−1.0

2016→2024

Lester Building Systems, LLC LBI injury rate improved

Lester Building Systems, LLC LBI's TCR fell 1.0 from 15.1 in 2016 to 14.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 15.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.1 · 2017=10.7 · 2018=8.9 · 2019=14.2 · 2020=8.5 · 2021=12.4 · 2022=10.4 · 2023=7.7 · 2024=14.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238130 · Lester Prairie, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.3 · 404% of ind

  • DART 8.8 DART
  • RANK #5/11
  • PHOTO Richco Structres
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 53 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Richco Structres (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lester Building Systems, LLC LBI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lester Building Systems, LLC LBI averages 11.3 TCR (404% of the Building framing (except structural steel) BLS benchmark).

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

Lester Building Systems, LLC LBI TCR series: 2016=15.1 · 2017=10.7 · 2018=8.9 · 2019=14.2 · 2020=8.5 · 2021=12.4 · 2022=10.4 · 2023=7.7 · 2024=14.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Lester Building Systems, LLC LBI falls in its industry

387 Building framing (except struc establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 11 Building framing (except struc employers in Minnesota.

Lester Building Systems, LLC LBI (52 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Lester Building Systems, LLC LBI
Lester Building Systems, LLC LBI (52 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Lester Building Systems, LLC LBI has fewer employees than the Building framing (except structural stee median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 14.1 8.8 8 0 0
2023 7.7 5.8 4 0 0
2022 10.4 10.4 4 1 0
2021 12.4 8.3 6 0 0
2020 8.5 8.5 4 0 0
2019 14.2 10.1 7 0 0
2018 8.9 8.9 5 0 0
2017 10.7 8.9 6 0 0
2016 15.1 10.1 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238130 · MN · Lester Prairie

387 Building framing (except structural steel) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 10 employers in Lester Prairie, MN · 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 Richco Structres 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR TN Truss Components Inc 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR TAMPA TRUSS COMPANY, LLC 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trinity Framing & Construction Inc 11.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hutchinson Utilities Commission 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kasella Concrete, Inc. 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bargen Incorporated 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sheehy Construction Company 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Liquibox Lester Prairie 139 FTE
CITY-NEAR DS Smith (World Wide Dispensers) Lester Prairie 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lester Building Systems, LLC LP 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lester Prairie Public School 67 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Sault Ste. Marie 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Blue Bell Place 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Northwest Truck and Trailer 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Branch 246 11.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Prevost - Goodlettsville, TN 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greenridge Place 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 183 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Acosta Tractors, Inc. 52 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.