Los Banos, CA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Bowles Farming Company
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Bowles Farming Company in 11609 Hereford Rd., Los Banos, CA 93635 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was heavy Equipment Operator in melon farming (e.g., cantaloupe, casaba, honeydew, watermelon), field, bedding plant and seed production.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Bowles Farming Company
- Parent company
- Bowles Farming Company
- Street
- 11609 Hereford Rd.
- City
- Los Banos
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 93635
- On-site location
- Field
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Hooking up a chain from the machine
What happened
The employee slipped stepping on a dirt lump causing it to go under the machine. When trying to straighten his body he hit his head on the backhoe arm.
Injury or illness
Hit on the head
Object or substance involved
Backhoe arm
Summary line
The employee hit his head with machine
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Heavy Equipment Operator
- SOC code
- 45-2091: Agricultural Equipment Operators
- NAICS code
- 111219: Melon farming (e.g., cantaloupe, casaba, honeydew, watermelon), field, bedding plant and seed production
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 64
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 136,446
- EIN
- 770179150
- Establishment ID
- 983986
- Employer case #
- 977812
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-08
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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