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OSHA Injury Report: Bowles Farming Company

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Bowles Farming Company in Los Banos, CA 93635 resulted in days away from work. Employee was irrigator 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
Sprinkler yard
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
10
Days restricted or transferred
17

The employee was sorting disposable items in a yard when he tried to pull a plastic bag out of wood debris.

He grabbed a wooden pallet to reach the bag and a pallet on top slid smashing his right index finger.

right index laceration

Wooden pallets

Index finger laceration

Job description
Irrigator
SOC code
11-9013 — Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
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 #
976267
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:30:00.000
Submitted
08FEB24:20:09:00

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.