Data Processing Hosting and Related Services

Industry Summary

With employment in this industry reaching new highs, the 17,796 businesses operating in the Data Processing Hosting and Related Services industry are sure to make protecting the estimated total of 296,697 employees reported in 2015 a top priority. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Internet Service Providers Web Search Portals and Data Processing Services Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

• Most Common Violations
• Recent Accident Reports

The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, July 25th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Germantown, WI at Ethoplex Llc. A 30 year old man working as a Installers And Repairer was injured on the job when the employee sustained laceration to his arm in fall

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OSHA ID98597.015

Accident Date2017-07-13

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 9:00 a.m. on July 13, 2017, Employee #1 was installing cable antennas on an elevated platform. The employee fell, and landed on an outdoor air handling system/unit. Employee #1 sustained a severe laceration to his arm and had to be hospitalized for his injury.

OSHA investigators arrived in San Francisco, CA on Monday, October 3rd 2016 and began an accident investigation at Digital Realty Trust Llp. A 45 year old man working as a Engineering technician was killed on the job when the employee was found unresponsive in restroom

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OSHA ID91000.015

Accident Date2016-10-03

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 12:00 p.m. on October 3, 2016, an employee was working in a data command center, answering calls and monitoring alarms on equipment. The employee received an alarm and went to check on its location. Other coworkers were unaware that the employee had responded to the alarm and was later found in a rest room, unresponsive. The Medical Examiner stated that the employee suffered a heart attack.

On Wednesday, July 20th 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Washington, DC at Gryphon Technologies, Lc. A had been injured when the other fall to lower level, unspecified

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OSHA IDSevere Injury Report

Accident Date2016-07-11

Accident DegreeInjury

NarrativeAn employee fell from a ladder to the concrete floor below, fracturing his left leg and requiring surgery.