wood preserving · California
Hoover Treated Wood Products - Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA · ~40 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hoover Treated Wood Products - Bakersfield runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical wood preserving workplace, earning a grade D.
Hoover Treated Wood Products - Bakersfield: 4.0 TCR = 121% of wood preserving BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hoover Treated Wood Products - Bakersfield safety composite
Hoover Treated Wood Products - Bakersfield scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).
51/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4 per 100 workers
Safer than 55% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% 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
−7.6
2017→2024
Hoover Treated Wood Products - Bakersfield injury rate improved
Hoover Treated Wood Products - Bakersfield's TCR fell 7.6 from 9.8 in 2017 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=9.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321114 · Bakersfield, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 121% of ind
- DART 2.2 DART
- RANK #2/7
- PHOTO Baldwin Pole Mississ…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~40 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Baldwin Pole Mississippi LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
Read with this employer → · Industry book → · California employers → · Look up another →
Hoover Treated Wood Products - Bakersfield in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Great Southern
Great Southern Wood - Greenbush Wood Products
4.1 TCR
- This site
Hoover Treated Wood Products - Bakersfield
4 TCR
- Baldwin Pole M
Baldwin Pole Mississippi LLC
4 TCR
- Koppers Leland
Koppers Leland
4 TCR
- Koppers Guthri
Koppers Guthrie
3.9 TCR
What this shows Hoover Treated Wood Products - Bakersfield averages 4.0 TCR (121% of the wood preserving BLS benchmark).
Hoover Treated Wood Products - Bakersfield TCR series: 2017=9.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Hoover Treated Wood Products - Bakersfield falls in its industry
183 wood preserving establishmentsSafer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 7 wood preserving employers in California.
Hoover Treated Wood Products - Bakersfield has fewer employees than the wood preserving median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.6 | 5.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321114 · CA · Bakersfield
183 wood preserving 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 | Baldwin Pole Mississippi LLC | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Koppers Leland | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Great Southern Wood - Greenbush Wood Products | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Koppers Guthrie | 3.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Stackhouse Brothers | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PISTACHIO HARVESTING, INC. | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Watsonville/San Juan Bautista | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gomez Growers | 40 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 | Aberdeen Road Company | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Park Rapids Clinic | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | S03327 - Phoenix Hauling South | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | National Plastek, Inc. | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Port Washington Generating Station | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Koch Metal | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pender Nursery Inc. | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale Yakima | 40 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.