Phosphatic fertilizer materials manufacturing · California

Biola, California

Kerman, CA · ~50 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Biola, California runs at 236% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Phosphatic fertilizer materials manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Biola, California: 7.8 TCR = 236% of Phosphatic fertilizer materials manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Biola, California safety composite

Biola, California scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

Biola, California: 4.4 → 11.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 11.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.72× in 2018

Biola, California's TCR rose 6.9 from 4.4 in 2017 to 11.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325312 · Kerman, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 236% of ind

  • DART 5.6 DART
  • RANK #7/7
  • PHOTO AB Plant - Lathrop
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AB Plant - Lathrop (2.1 TCR gap)

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Biola, California in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Biola, California averages 7.8 TCR (236% of the Phosphatic fertilizer materials manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Biola, California TCR series: 2017=4.4 · 2018=11.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Biola, California falls in its industry

29 Phosphatic fertilizer material establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

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

Biola, California (50 employees, TCR 7.8) among 17 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 156 employees and a TCR of 1.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 18 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 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Biola, California
Biola, California (50 employees, TCR 7.8) among 17 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 156 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Biola, California has fewer employees than the Phosphatic fertilizer materials manufact median and a higher 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
2018 11.2 5.6 3 3 0
2017 4.4 2.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325312 · CA · Kerman

29 Phosphatic fertilizer materials manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 46 employers in Kerman, 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 AB Plant - Lathrop 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Suwannee River Chemical 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR JR Simplot-Lathrop Plant 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Swift Creek Chemical 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jack Bros., Inc. 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE M Three Ranches, LLC 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Penterman Farming Company 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trefethen Farming, LLC 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR E.E. Hall Inc. 1,826 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hall Management Group, Inc 1,596 FTE
CITY-NEAR 918 S Del Norte, Kerman Ca 93630 1,109 FTE
CITY-NEAR West 824 FTE
NAT-TCR United Agricultural Cooperative Inc 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Manufacturing 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Chestnut Street 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 6091-SS028C 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE ARC Maintenance Inc 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Compassionate Care Hospice of Alexandria 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Compassionate Care Hospice of Chesapeake 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Subaru 50 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.