Fertilizer manufacturing · California

ABW Plant - Helm

Name: ABW Plant - Helm Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Helm, CA · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

ABW Plant - Helm runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fertilizer manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

ABW Plant - Helm: 1.3 TCR = 41% of Fertilizer manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ABW Plant - Helm safety composite

ABW Plant - Helm scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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%).

Rising injury rate

ABW Plant - Helm: 0.0 → 2.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2.01× in 2023

ABW Plant - Helm's TCR rose 2.7 from 0.0 in 2022 to 2.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325312 · Helm, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 41% of ind

DART 2.7 DART
RANK #2/7
PHOTO ABW Plant - Rock Spr…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ABW Plant - Rock Springs (0.1 TCR gap)

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Mosaic

1.5
ABW Plant - Ro

1.4
This site

1.3
Faustina

1.3
Conda Phosphat

1.2

What this shows ABW Plant - Helm averages 1.3 TCR (41% of the Fertilizer manufacturing BLS benchmark).

ABW Plant - Helm TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where ABW Plant - Helm falls in its industry

29 Fertilizer manufacturing establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 7 Fertilizer manufacturing employers in California.

ABW Plant - Helm (36 employees, TCR 1.3) among 17 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 156 employees and a TCR of 1.5

ABW Plant - Helm has fewer employees than the Fertilizer manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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	2.7	2.7	1	0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325312 · CA · Helm

29 Fertilizer manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 10 employers in Helm, 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	ABW Plant - Rock Springs	ROCK SPRINGS, WY	1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Faustina	ST JAMES, LA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mosaic	RIVERVIEW, FL	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Conda Phosphate Operations	SODA SPRINGS, ID	1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	River Garden Farms	KNIGHTS LANDING	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Knight Farms	GLENN	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	J.H. MEEK & SONS INC.	WOODLAND	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dirt Farmer and Company	KENWOOD	36 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Terranova Ranch, Inc	Helm	69 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Helm	Helm	67 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AB Plant - Helm	Helm	39 FTE
CITY-NEAR	JR Simplot Company-Helm Plant	Helm	37 FTE
NAT-TCR	Main Lane Industries	Houston, TX	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	M&L Electrical, Inc.	Bowling Green, KY	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	SERM - Delivery	Beaumont, TX	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Peck's Market of Livingston Manor, Inc.	Livingston Manor, NY	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	SGS Retail - Ontario	Ontario, OR	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Universal Recycling Technologies - Burbank Ave	Janesville, WI	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	5111 - Columbus Commercial	Hilliard, OH	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Northfield Block Sheffield	Sheffield, OH	36 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. 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.