Industry Summary
As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 447,900 workers employed at 33,531 Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 4,062 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 13 workers. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Securities Commodity Contracts and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.
OSHA investigators arrived in Cahokia, IL on Thursday, August 3rd 2017 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Louis Dreyfus Company River Elevators, Llc which had occured on Wednesday, August 2nd 2017. A 20 year old Laborer had been killed when the employee struck by broken cable and was killed
Accident Date2017-08-02
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 11:00 p.m. on August 2, 2017, an employee was working with two coworkers. They were handling winch cables lines and mooring lines in order to move barges along the dock for filling. The task of moving the barges by winch was routine and was conducted 3 to 4 times per shift. While the deck winch/steel cable was being used to pull a barge along the dock, the cable snapped and the employee was struck on the head. The wire line cable used on the winch was 3/4-inch diameter. The manufacture required a 7/8-inch diameter for the winch. The employee later died from head trauma after being transported to the hospital.
The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, August 6th 2015 by OSHA representitives in TAMPA, FL after learning of an incident at JP Morgan Office which had occured on the same day. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Accident Date2015-08-06
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was hospitalized after inhaling smoke from an A/C unit that began smoking. The strong burning odor caused respiratory issues for the employee.
The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, August 20th 2009 by OSHA representitives in Peoria, AZ which had occured previously at Charles Schwab & Co.,Inc.. A File clerk had been injured when the employee fractured leg due to tripping hazard
Accident Date2009-08-18
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeOn August 18, 2009, Employee #1's left foot bumped a raised vinyl floor seam in the second-floor kitchenette. As Employee #1's body twisted, she heard her left femur snap. Employee #1 grabbed the counter top with her cone in her right hand and remained standing until paramedics took her to California Pacific Hospital. She had surgery on a fractured left femur and was hospitalized for several days. It was found that the injury was caused by the obstruction on the kitchen floor .