Acids merchant wholesalers · California

Argo Chemical, Inc.

Bakersfield, CA · ~24 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Argo Chemical, Inc. runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Acids merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Argo Chemical, Inc.: 3.0 TCR = 135% of Acids merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Argo Chemical, Inc. safety composite

Argo Chemical, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−3.8

2021→2024

Argo Chemical, Inc. injury rate improved

Argo Chemical, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.8 from 3.8 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.8 · 2022=8.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Bakersfield, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.0 · 135% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #47/71
  • PHOTO John R Hess & Compan…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: John R Hess & Company, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Argo Chemical, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Argo Chemical, Inc. averages 3.0 TCR (135% of the Acids merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Argo Chemical, Inc. TCR series: 2021=3.8 · 2022=8.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Argo Chemical, Inc. falls in its industry

766 Acids merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 71 Acids merchant wholesalers employers in California.

Argo Chemical, Inc. (24 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Argo Chemical, Inc.
Argo Chemical, Inc. (24 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Argo Chemical, Inc. has fewer employees than the Acids merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 8.1 8.1 2 0 0
2021 3.8 3.8 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · CA · Bakersfield

766 Acids merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 818 employers in Bakersfield, 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 John R Hess & Company, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wampum Hardware Co Philipsburg 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Packaging and Distribution - Houston 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milwaukee Packaged Gas Store 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Agro-Jal Farming Enterprises 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE MTD Farms 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marc Pura Ranch, LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Costa Farms 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA Bakersfield 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA-04 4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BFL1 4,113 FTE
CITY-NEAR Esparza Enterprises, Inc 3,267 FTE
NAT-TCR Eastern Lift Truck Co., Inc. Br2 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hotel Washington 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Grouse Mountain Lodge 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - TUS5 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Porsche Hawaii 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fiesta Key RV Resort 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Owens-Illinois, Inc. Plant 76 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Okeechobee KOA 24 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.