Grape farming without making wine · California

John Kautz Farms

Name: John Kautz Farms Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lodi, CA · ~143 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

John Kautz Farms runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grape farming without making wine workplace, earning a grade B.

John Kautz Farms: 2.9 TCR = 65% of Grape farming without making wine BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

John Kautz Farms safety composite

John Kautz Farms scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−2.5

2017→2021

John Kautz Farms injury rate improved

John Kautz Farms's TCR fell 2.5 from 3.9 in 2017 to 1.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.9 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111332 · Lodi, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.9 · 65% of ind

DART 1.3 DART
RANK #45/151
PHOTO Richard Bagdasarian,…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 18 inj
SIZE ~143 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Richard Bagdasarian, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pistoresi Agri

3
Sonoma GVIC Ra

3
This site

2.9
Richard Bagdas

2.9
Jazmine Ag Lab

2.9

What this shows John Kautz Farms averages 2.9 TCR (65% of the Grape farming without making wine BLS benchmark).

John Kautz Farms TCR series: 2017=3.9 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=1.3 · BLS 4.5

Where John Kautz Farms falls in its industry

162 Grape farming without making w establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 151 Grape farming without making w employers in California.

John Kautz Farms (143 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 4.6

John Kautz Farms has more employees than the Grape farming without making wine median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2021	1.3	1.3	2	0
2020	4.7	2.9	5	3
2019	3.7	1.1	4	3
2018	1.1	0.0	0	2
2017	3.9	0.6	7	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111332 · CA · Lodi

162 Grape farming without making wine employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 140 employers in Lodi, CA · 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	Richard Bagdasarian, Inc.	MECCA, CA	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pistoresi Agricultural Service	MADERA, CA	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Jazmine Ag Labor Services, Inc	MCFARLAND, CA	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sonoma GVIC Ranches	HEALDSBURG, CA	3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Deseret Farms of California	CHICO	143 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Southland Sod Farms Operations, Inc.	OXNARD	143 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DuPont Pioneer Woodland WDL1	WOODLAND	143 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dagos Contracting	SHAFTER	143 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Perez Farming Services Inc.	Lodi	1,145 FTE
CITY-NEAR	9292-AHLM001 - HOSPITAL	Lodi	1,030 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ono-223	Lodi	910 FTE
CITY-NEAR	California Department of Transportation Facility 592	Lodi	890 FTE
NAT-TCR	Manufacturing	Commerce City, CO	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	43331af - Wichita Pec	Wichita, KS	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	44171p - W Monroe	West Monroe, LA	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Diebold Nixdorf Lake Mary FL	Lake Mary, FL	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	GSO - Greensboro	Greensboro, NC	143 FTE
NAT-SIZE	PSI Pax Corporate	California, MD	143 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Roth'S - West Salem	Salem, OR	143 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1855-AHSCM33	Emmitsburg, MD	143 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.