Nursery stock growing · California

Plug Connection - Lodi

Name: Plug Connection - Lodi Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lodi, CA · ~118 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Plug Connection - Lodi runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Nursery stock growing workplace, earning a grade D.

Plug Connection - Lodi: 5.5 TCR = 122% of Nursery stock growing BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Plug Connection - Lodi safety composite

Plug Connection - Lodi scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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%).

Plug Connection - Lodi held a steady TCR band

Plug Connection - Lodi's TCR held near 0.3 from 5.6 in 2019 to 5.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 60.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.6 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=60.4 · 2023=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111421 · Lodi, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 122% of ind

DART 2.2 DART
RANK #65/120
PHOTO Wayside Nurseries Inc
BOOK 5y book
INJ 29 inj
SIZE ~118 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wayside Nurseries Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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5.5
Wayside Nurser

5.5
SURFACE NURSER

5.5
King City Tran

5.5
Gustine

5.5

What this shows Plug Connection - Lodi averages 5.5 TCR (122% of the Nursery stock growing BLS benchmark).

Plug Connection - Lodi TCR series: 2019=5.6 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=60.4 · 2023=5.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Plug Connection - Lodi falls in its industry

386 Nursery stock growing establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #65 safest of 120 Nursery stock growing employers in California.

Plug Connection - Lodi (118 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Plug Connection - Lodi has more employees than the Nursery stock growing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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
2023	5.9	2.2	7	1
2022	60.4	47.0	7	2
2021	5.7	5.7	6	2
2020	4.8	2.7	6	1
2019	5.6	5.6	3	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · CA · Lodi

386 Nursery stock growing 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	Wayside Nurseries Inc	MEQUON, WI	5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SURFACE NURSERY INC	GRESHAM, OR	5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	King City Transplanting	KING CITY, CA	5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Gustine	GUSTINE, CA	5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Prestige Farming inc	DELANO	118 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cipponeri Orchards	TURLOCK	118 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PHC Facilities, Inc. dba The Plug DTLA	LOS ANGELES	118 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Maria	PORTERVILLE	118 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	9025-35 Engineering	Marion, IA	5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mancini's Bakery	Mc Kees Rocks, PA	5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dc 0498	Hagerstown, MD	5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Load To Ride Transportation, LLC	Denver, CO	5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Otis Elevator Company-Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids, MI	118 FTE
NAT-SIZE	USM Store #510 (Amigos)	Hereford, TX	118 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Saint-Gobain Clearwater	Clearwater, FL	118 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Calumet Farm LLC	Lexington, KY	118 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.