Services to Buildings and Dwellings

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Services to Buildings and Dwellings industry saw employment growth of only 2.75%. There are an average of 10 workers at each of the 206,431 establishments in the United States. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (132% more) the average for the Administrative and Support Services Industry.

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The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, August 13th 2019 by OSHA representitives in Chico, CA after learning of an incident at Mcmillan Tree Service which had occured on the same day. A 59 year old man working as a was killed on the job when the

OSHA ID118929.015

Accident Date2019-08-13

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 11:05 a.m. on August 13, 2019, an employee was trimming a tree when the limb that he was on broke and the employee fell to the ground, killing him.

OSHA investigators arrived in Locust Grove, VA on Tuesday, August 6th 2019 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Robert Johnson Dba Johnson Services which had occured on the same day. A 57 year old Laborer had been killed when the

OSHA ID118707.015

Accident Date2019-08-06

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeOn August 6, 2019, an employee had climbed up a tree approximately 20 feet when he began to feel sick, hot, and dizzy before falling from the tree. The employee land on the ground and was killed.

On Tuesday, June 25th 2019 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Wauwatosa, WI at The Hawks Nursery Company. A 27 year old had been killed when the

OSHA ID117389.015

Accident Date2019-06-25

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 9:33 a.m. on June 25, 2019, an employee and a coworker were replacing a hydraulic pump on a zero turn lawnmower while it was elevated with a hydraulic floor jack. The employee's coworker had walked away to wash his hands and, while doing so, heard a loud noise and rushed back into the work area. He found the employee lying underneath the lawnmower with his skull crushed.

Services to Buildings and Dwellings

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