Buildings, prefabricated, wood, manufacturing · Minnesota

Lester Building Systems, LLC LP

Lester Prairie, MN · ~88 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lester Building Systems, LLC LP runs at 171% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Buildings, prefabricated, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Lester Building Systems, LLC LP: 5.7 TCR = 171% of Buildings, prefabricated, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lester Building Systems, LLC LP safety composite

Lester Building Systems, LLC LP scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−1.5

2016→2024

Lester Building Systems, LLC LP injury rate improved

Lester Building Systems, LLC LP's TCR fell 1.5 from 7.5 in 2016 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.5 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321992 · Lester Prairie, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 171% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #2/9
  • PHOTO RITZ-CRAFT CORP of PA
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 44 inj
  • SIZE ~88 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RITZ-CRAFT CORP of PA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lester Building Systems, LLC LP in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lester Building Systems, LLC LP averages 5.7 TCR (171% of the Buildings, prefabricated, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Lester Building Systems, LLC LP TCR series: 2016=7.5 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Lester Building Systems, LLC LP falls in its industry

177 Buildings, prefabricated, wood establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 9 Buildings, prefabricated, wood employers in Minnesota.

Lester Building Systems, LLC LP (88 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 7.7 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 050100150200 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Lester Building Systems, LLC LP
Lester Building Systems, LLC LP (88 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 7.7

Lester Building Systems, LLC LP has more employees than the Buildings, prefabricated, wood, manufact median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.7. 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 5.9 1.2 5 0 0
2023 6.5 5.4 6 0 0
2022 3.3 2.2 2 1 0
2021 5.7 3.4 5 0 0
2020 4.8 3.6 4 0 0
2019 5.8 3.5 5 0 0
2018 8.2 8.2 8 0 0
2017 3.1 2.1 3 0 0
2016 7.5 3.7 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321992 · MN · Lester Prairie

177 Buildings, prefabricated, wood, manufacturing 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 RITZ-CRAFT CORP of PA 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thermo Bond Buildings, LLC 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Muncy Homes, Inc. 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mt Charleston Cabins LLC 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Central Counties Cooperative 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lloyd's Construction Services, Inc. 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paynesville 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cardinal Corporate 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Liquibox Lester Prairie 139 FTE
CITY-NEAR DS Smith (World Wide Dispensers) Lester Prairie 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lester Prairie Public School 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lester Building Systems, LLC LBI 52 FTE
NAT-TCR Monroe SNF 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Deborah Heart and Lung Center 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Heritage Park Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Shape Corp - 14600 172nd Ave. 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Regency House of Alexandria 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Governement Center 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE 300-Phoenix 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unitex Meadow 88 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.