Grape farming without making wine · California

KKG Equipment Company, LLC

St. Helena, CA · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KKG Equipment Company, LLC runs at 273% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grape farming without making wine workplace, earning a grade F.

KKG Equipment Company, LLC: 12.3 TCR = 273% of Grape farming without making wine BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KKG Equipment Company, LLC safety composite

KKG Equipment Company, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

−1.7

2017→2018

KKG Equipment Company, LLC injury rate improved

KKG Equipment Company, LLC's TCR fell 1.7 from 13.1 in 2017 to 11.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 13.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=13.1 · 2018=11.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111332 · St. Helena, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.3 · 273% of ind

  • DART 11.4 DART
  • RANK #140/151
  • PHOTO MIDDLERIDGE VINEYARDS
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MIDDLERIDGE VINEYARDS (0.1 TCR gap)

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KKG Equipment Company, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KKG Equipment Company, LLC averages 12.3 TCR (273% of the Grape farming without making wine BLS benchmark).

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

KKG Equipment Company, LLC TCR series: 2017=13.1 · 2018=11.4 · BLS 4.5

Where KKG Equipment Company, LLC falls in its industry

162 Grape farming without making w establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #140 safest of 151 Grape farming without making w employers in California.

KKG Equipment Company, LLC (25 employees, TCR 12.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate KKG Equipment Company, LLC
KKG Equipment Company, LLC (25 employees, TCR 12.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 4.6

KKG Equipment Company, LLC has fewer employees than the Grape farming without making wine median and a higher 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 Fatalities
2018 11.4 11.4 3 1 0
2017 13.1 6.6 2 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111332 · CA · St. Helena

162 Grape farming without making wine employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 26 employers in St. Helena, CA · 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 MIDDLERIDGE VINEYARDS 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Four Star Management LLC 12.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Stone 12.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR S-K Ranch Management, LLC 11.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Conservation Farms Ranches 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE GM Ag Services, Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farm Shop 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dougherty Brothers 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Boisset Collection 287 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alila Napa Valley 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nissen Vineyard Services Inc. 134 FTE
CITY-NEAR Servin-Lopez Vineyard Management, Inc 94 FTE
NAT-TCR Atmosphere Annealing LLC, Mt. Hope Facility 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Production Plant 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Valley Ready Mix, Inc. 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Colonial Lighting 12.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hamburg Plant 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE UPAP-Aurora 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Residence Inn 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ashtabula 25 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.