Finish Carpentry Contractors

Industry Summary

With employment in this industry reaching new highs, the 28,537 businesses operating in the Finish Carpentry Contractors industry are sure to make protecting the estimated total of 130,052 employees reported in 2015 a top priority. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Building Finishing Contractors Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

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• Recent Accident Reports

On Thursday, January 17th 2019 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Fort Myers Beach, FL after learning of an incident at Meinke Custom Woodshop which had occured on Wednesday, January 16th 2019. A 38 year old Carpenter had been killed when the employee was using homemade wood burner and was electrocuted

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OSHA ID112735.015

Accident Date2019-01-16

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 11:00 p.m. on January 16, 2019, an employee was using a fractal Lichtenberg wood burning technique that applied a strong electrical current that burns and fractures a piece of wood that had been soaked with mineral water. The employee was electrocuted when he came into contact with an energized portion of the equipment.

OSHA investigators arrived in Joplin, MO on Monday, December 10th 2018 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Burkhart Construction Incorporated. A 36 year old Construction Laborer had been killed when the one employee was killed; one employee was injured when crane b

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OSHA ID111706.015

Accident Date2018-12-07

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 10:45 a.m. on December 7, 2018, an employee was receiving wooden trusses that were being lifted by a crane. The crane boom collapsed, and the crane stuck the trusses. One employee fell with trusses and was killed. A second employee injured in the incident; however, no information was provided on the nature of the injury to the second employee.

The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, September 14th 2018 by OSHA representitives in Brooksville, FL at Kenneth Tremblay Carpentry, Inc.. A 66 year old man working as a Carpenter was killed on the job when the

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OSHA ID109391.015

Accident Date2018-09-10

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 11:30 a.m. on September 10, 2018, an employee was drilling a concrete surface to install quick ties for a mobile scaffold. While on the mobile scaffold, the employee moved it. The scaffold became unstable and the employee fell to the ground. He suffered a broken neck and was killed.