Industry Summary
The industry is exploding right now, seeing employment gains of over %. In just the 12 months between 2014 and 2015, a total of 26,414 new hires were taken in by the 20,200 establishments doing business in this industry. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Information Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.
On Thursday, September 22nd 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in MELBOURNE, FL at RICOH AMERICA CORP. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the fall on same level due to slipping
Accident Date2016-09-22
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee slipped and fell while walking in the call center. The employee landed on her right knee, fracturing it.
OSHA investigators arrived in Kansas City, MO on Thursday, October 13th 2016 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Cerner Corporation which had occured on Wednesday, August 31st 2016. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
Accident Date2016-08-31
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeOn or about August 31, 2016, an employee working in KC-3 maneuvered a floor tile. The floor tile slipped and contacted the employees fingertip between the edge of the tile and the floor opening. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the right middle finger.
OSHA investigators arrived in Denver, CO on Wednesday, August 24th 2016 and began an accident investigation at Iron Mountain Inc. A had been injured when the other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
Accident Date2016-08-23
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was stacking boxes of documents on a pallet when he fell 16 feet through an opening in an adjacent guardrail to the concrete floor below. He fractured his right patella, left elbow, left wrist and humerus, facial bones, and left femur. He also suffered head lacerations.