Employment Placement Agencies
Industry Summary
The Employment Placement Agencies industry has shown some reduction in numbers lately, with employment losses of -0.84% between 2014 and 2015 (the last reported data). There are currently 21,156 firms engaged in business within this industry and on average, each establishment employs 14 workers. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (176% more) the average for the Employment Services Industry.
The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, January 7th 2019 by OSHA representitives in Chowchilla, CA at Reyco Ag, Inc.. A 31 year old man working as a Machine operator was killed on the job when the
OSHA ID112377.015
Accident Date2019-01-05
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 11:30 a.m. on January 5, 2019, Employee #1 and #2 were attempting to repair hydraulic lines. When Employee #2 loosed the hydraulic line that operates the cylinder that moves the shaker arm up and down, the arm fell on both employees. Employee #1 was crushed and killed.
On Monday, October 29th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Redlands, CA at Hire Spot Staffing Solutions Llc. A 55 year old man working as a Laborer was killed on the job when the
OSHA ID110489.015
Accident Date2018-07-07
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 8:00 a.m. on July 7, 2018, Employee #1 died from heat exhaustion. Circumstances unknown.
OSHA investigators arrived in Vernon, CA on Thursday, November 30th 2017 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at California Ranch Foods Co which had occured on Wednesday, November 22nd 2017. A 58 year old man working as a Mechanical engineer was injured on the job when the employee's finger was amputated by electric motor
OSHA ID101113.015
Accident Date2017-11-22
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt approximately 6:00 a.m. on November 22, 2017 , an employee was carrying an electric motor into the oven room. He tripped over a pallet jack and fell. The employee was carrying an electric motor from the hand washing station to a maintenance cart. The employee was working as the night mechanic to conduct general repairs of the equipment at the facility. The employee was unable to utilize the cart to bring the electric motor into the oven room due to the conjestion of pallet jacks, pallets of materials, and other equipment blocking the main enterence of the oven room. The employee tripped over a pallet jack, and fell to the floor. The electric motor weighing approximately 50 pounds fell and made contact with his left hand, amputating his left hand ring finger and damaging the tendon on his left hand middle finger.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
3.6
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 1421
218.2%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 131