Planting machines, farm-type, manufacturing · Iowa
John Deere Paton
Paton, IA · ~114 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
John Deere Paton runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Planting machines, farm-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
John Deere Paton: 5.8 TCR = 175% of Planting machines, farm-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
John Deere Paton safety composite
John Deere Paton scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).
52/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 61% 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%).
Rising injury rate
John Deere Paton: 2.8 → 4.7 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 12.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.23× in 2023
John Deere Paton's TCR rose 1.9 from 2.8 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 12.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333111 · Paton, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 175% of ind
- DART 1.3 DART
- RANK #39/65
- PHOTO John Deere Harvester…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 58 inj
- SIZE ~114 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: John Deere Harvester Works (0.0 TCR gap)
Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Iowa employers → · Look up another →
John Deere Paton in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
John Deere Paton
5.8 TCR
- John Deere Har
John Deere Harvester Works
5.8 TCR
- Datepac LLC
Datepac LLC
5.8 TCR
- Rawhide Portab
Rawhide Portable Corral INC.
5.8 TCR
- Wylie & Son, I
Wylie & Son, Inc Manufacturing
5.8 TCR
What this shows John Deere Paton averages 5.8 TCR (175% of the Planting machines, farm-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
John Deere Paton TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=2 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=6.6 · 2021=8.2 · 2022=12 · 2023=4.7 · BLS 3.3
Where John Deere Paton falls in its industry
433 Planting machines, farm-type, establishmentsSafer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #39 safest of 65 Planting machines, farm-type, employers in Iowa.
John Deere Paton has more employees than the Planting machines, farm-type, manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12.0 | 5.4 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.2 | 4.5 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.6 | 3.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.3 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333111 · IA · Paton
433 Planting machines, farm-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 3 employers in Paton, IA · 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 | John Deere Harvester Works | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Datepac LLC | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rawhide Portable Corral INC. | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wylie & Son, Inc Manufacturing | 5.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Hoover's Hatchery | 114 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2162-Grinnell, IA-FND (Monsanto Co.) | 114 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | IFCO Wever IA - BIS | 114 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | IA031 Dubuque Container | 114 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bauer Built Manufacturing | 73 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bauer Built Manufacturing, Inc. S-Corp | 73 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hampton Inn - Chaffee Point | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 023-FF01-NEENAH | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Big Lots Store #4480 SPOKANE, WA | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Delano ISD #879-Community Education Center | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale Lake View | 114 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Drv LLC | 114 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Paterson Wa (Watts Farming) | 114 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sweet Briar College | 114 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.