Industry Summary
As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 277,213 workers employed at 23,215 Securities Brokerage establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 2,323 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 12 workers. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (-100% more) the average for the Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage Industry.
On Thursday, August 20th 2009 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Peoria, AZ which had occured previously at Charles Schwab & Co.,Inc.. A employee working as a File clerk was injured on the job 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 .