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OSHA Injury Report: Bowles Farming Company

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Bowles Farming Company in 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.

Establishment
Bowles Farming Company
Parent company
Bowles Farming Company
Street
11609 Hereford Rd.
City
Los Banos
State
CA
ZIP
93635
On-site location
Field
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Hooking up a chain from the machine

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.

Hit on the head

Backhoe arm

The employee hit his head with machine

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
Avg employees
64
Total hours worked
136446
EIN
770179150
Establishment ID
983986
Employer case #
977812
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
Submitted
08FEB24:18:20:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.