Ladders, portable metal, manufacturing · California

Cotterman Company - California Division

Bakersfield, CA · ~42 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cotterman Company - California Division runs at 231% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ladders, portable metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Cotterman Company - California Division: 7.6 TCR = 231% of Ladders, portable metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cotterman Company - California Division safety composite

Cotterman Company - California Division scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.1

2016→2024

Cotterman Company - California Division injury rate improved

Cotterman Company - California Division's TCR fell 6.1 from 12.5 in 2016 to 6.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 14.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.5 · 2017=14.4 · 2018=10.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=10.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=6.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Bakersfield, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 231% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #36/47
  • PHOTO Gem City Metal Techn…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gem City Metal Technologies (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cotterman Company - California Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cotterman Company - California Division averages 7.6 TCR (231% of the Ladders, portable metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cotterman Company - California Division TCR series: 2016=12.5 · 2017=14.4 · 2018=10.3 · 2019=0 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=10.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Cotterman Company - California Division falls in its industry

827 Ladders, portable metal, manuf establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 47 Ladders, portable metal, manuf employers in California.

Cotterman Company - California Division (42 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Cotterman Company - California Division
Cotterman Company - California Division (42 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Cotterman Company - California Division has fewer employees than the Ladders, portable metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2024 6.4 4.3 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 10.5 10.5 6 0 0
2021 6.9 4.6 3 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 10.3 10.3 4 0 0
2017 14.4 5.8 5 0 0
2016 12.5 9.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · CA · Bakersfield

827 Ladders, portable metal, manufacturing 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 Gem City Metal Technologies 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CES-Phoenix 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advex Corporation 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aluminum Fabrication Corporation 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Quad H 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE CJJ Farming, Inc 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oceano Packing Company LLC 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Connell Ranch 42 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 Lost Trail Dairy, LLC 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Goodwill Trinity SS 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR The Gardens at Millville 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Carris Reels CT 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Inver Grove Heights Lube Plant 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bridgeville Feedmill 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ruppert Landscape - Mableton 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elixir DMC Division 81 42 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.