Business Support Services

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Business Support Services industry saw employment growth of only 1.73%. There are an average of 18 workers at each of the 49,909 establishments in the United States. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Administrative and Support Services Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

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• Recent Accident Reports

On Friday, September 21st 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Houston, TX after learning of an incident at 98195 - Centerpoint Energy Resources Corp which had occured on Thursday, September 20th 2018. A 28 year old employee had been killed when the

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OSHA ID109828.015

Accident Date2018-09-20

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeOn September 20, 2018, an employee was changing out fluorescent lights to LED lights in an office building while the light fixture was energized. The employee came into contact with a live conductor and was electrocuted.

On Friday, September 21st 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Houston, TX after learning of an incident at 98195 - Centerpoint Energy Resources Corp which had occured on Thursday, September 20th 2018. A 28 year old man working as a employee was killed on the job when the

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OSHA ID109828.015

Accident Date2018-09-20

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeOn September 20, 2018, an employee was changing out fluorescent lights to LED lights in an office building while the light fixture was energized. The employee came into contact with a live conductor and was electrocuted.

The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, October 19th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Los Angeles, CA which had occured previously at Independent Acute Dialysis Services, Inc. A 65 year old Registered nurse had been injured when the employee was injured when crushed by overturned machine

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OSHA ID103785.015

Accident Date2017-10-08

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 12:15 a.m. on October 8, 2017, Employee #1 was pulling a hemodialysis machine into an elevator when its wheels became caught in the gap between the elevator car and the hallway floor. As the employee worked to free the wheel from the gap, the machine fell into the elevator and onto the employee. The employee sustained a fractured spine at the L1 lumbar region.