Los Banos, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Bowles Farming Company
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
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.
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
The employee was working driving the backhoe with an enclosed cabin. He had to step out to fix a drain pipe problem. He opened and left the cabin open.
What happened
A bee got inside the driver 's cabin.
Injury or illness
The employee got stunk by bee on left eye.
Object or substance involved
The bee
Summary line
Stunk by a bee
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
- Avg employees
- 64
- Total hours worked
- 136446
- EIN
- 770179150
- Establishment ID
- 983986
- Employer case #
- 990103
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 10:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 08FEB24:20:19:00
Source
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.