Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services

Industry Summary

The Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services industry has shown some reduction in numbers lately, with employment losses of -0.29% between 2014 and 2015 (the last reported data). There are currently 8,152 firms engaged in business within this industry and on average, each establishment employs 5 workers. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Services to Buildings and Dwellings Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

• Most Common Violations
• Recent Accident Reports

OSHA investigators arrived in DALLAS, TE on Tuesday, September 27th 2016 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Future Foam, Inc. which had occured on the same day. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified

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OSHA IDSevere Injury Report

Accident Date2016-09-27

Accident DegreeInjury

NarrativeAn employee's glove was caught in a conveyor belt pulley, injuring the employee's right forearm.

OSHA investigators arrived in Dorothy, NJ on Friday, September 30th 2016 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Foggs Carpet Cleaning Llc. A 42 year old Janitor had been killed when the employee fell and fractured hip when deck collapses, later

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OSHA ID89104.015

Accident Date2016-09-20

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt approximately 2:00 p.m. on September 20, 2016, Employee #1 was walking up an exterior staircase at a single family residence. The decking collapsed and Employee #1 fell, landing on the ground, fracturing his hip. The employee later died from the injury.

On Monday, February 3rd 2014 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Provo, UT at Jose Carpet Cleaning Llc. A employee working as a Laborer was killed on the job when the exmployee killed by carbon monoxide poisoning

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OSHA ID201563004

Accident Date2014-02-01

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeCarbon monoxide poisoning