Melon farming (e.g., cantaloupe, casaba, honeydew, watermelon), field, bedding plant and seed production · California
Bowles Farming Company
Los Banos, CA · ~57 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bowles Farming Company runs at 213% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Melon farming (e.g., cantaloupe, casaba, honeydew, watermelon), field, bedding plant and seed production workplace, earning a grade F.
Bowles Farming Company: 9.6 TCR = 213% of Melon farming (e.g., cantaloupe, casaba, honeydew, watermelon), field, bedding plant and seed production BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bowles Farming Company safety composite
Bowles Farming Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 4.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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
Bowles Farming Company: 7.9 → 8.8 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 13.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.46× in 2023
Bowles Farming Company's TCR rose 0.9 from 7.9 in 2017 to 8.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 13.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111219 · Los Banos, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.6 · 213% of ind
- DART 4.4 DART
- RANK #154/175
- PHOTO Sugarland Farms, Inc.
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 29 inj
- SIZE ~57 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Sugarland Farms, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bowles Farming Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- DFFF-Oxnard
DFFF-Oxnard
9.9 TCR
- Police Departm
Police Department
9.8 TCR
- This site
Bowles Farming Company
9.6 TCR
- Sugarland Farm
Sugarland Farms, Inc.
9.6 TCR
- Ocean Mist Far
Ocean Mist Farms-Farming
9.2 TCR
What this shows Bowles Farming Company averages 9.6 TCR (213% of the Melon farming (e.g., cantaloupe, casaba, honeydew, watermelon), field, bedding plant and seed production BLS benchmark).
Bowles Farming Company TCR series: 2017=7.9 · 2018=8 · 2022=13.6 · 2023=8.8 · BLS 4.5
Where Bowles Farming Company falls in its industry
331 Melon farming (e.g., cantaloup establishmentsSafer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #154 safest of 175 Melon farming (e.g., cantaloup employers in California.
Bowles Farming Company has fewer employees than the Melon farming (e.g., cantaloupe, casaba, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 | 8.8 | 4.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111219 · CA · Los Banos
331 Melon farming (e.g., cantaloupe, casaba, honeydew, watermelon), field, bedding plant and seed production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 52 employers in Los Banos, 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 | Sugarland Farms, Inc. | 9.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Police Department | 9.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DFFF-Oxnard | 9.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ocean Mist Farms-Farming | 9.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Blanc Vineyards, LLC | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MI RANCHITO FARMING INC | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Farmland Management Services | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bob and Susan Vanella | 57 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 316 | 779 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Liberty Packing Company | 590 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Liberty Packing Company | 496 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sutter Valley Hospitals (30738) | 374 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Mason City | 9.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | School Inspectors | 9.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Springs Of Scottsdale | 9.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wilson Trailer Company Plant 2 | 9.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Combined Metals of Chicago | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Reich Tool & Design | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bayloff Stamped Products | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lynchburg Svc Ctr | 57 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.