Publishing Industries (except Internet)

Industry Summary

As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 722,368 workers employed at 39,042 Publishing Industries (except Internet) establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 924 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 19 workers. 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.

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On Thursday, December 21st 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Des Moines, IA after learning of an incident at Active Interest Media Inc. which had occured on Friday, September 22nd 2017. A 29 year old Miscellaneous woodworking machine operator had been injured when the employee sustained partial amputation to thumb on table saw b

OSHA ID101919.015

Accident Date2017-09-22

Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 8:00 a.m. on September 22, 2017, Employee #1 was cutting wooden board into strips, using a Powermatic 66 table saw. The board became pinched between the blade and the fence. The employee reached over the saw blade to the other side of the board, just as the the blade jumped. Employee #1 sustained an amputation to the distal tip of his right thumb.

OSHA investigators arrived in Bakersfield, CA on Monday, September 11th 2017 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at The Bakersfield Californian which had occured on Saturday, September 2nd 2017. A 44 year old had been injured when the employee was setting up equipment and feels nauseated in the

OSHA ID98884.015

Accident Date2017-09-02

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 5:30 p.m. on September 2, 2017, an employee was setting up camera equipment for a football game in hot weather and then became nauseous.

On Friday, March 31st 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Portland, OR after learning of an incident at 317716360 - Journal Graphics Inc which had occured on Wednesday, March 29th 2017. A 60 year old employee had been injured when the employee removes misfed paper and traps finger in bindery dr

OSHA ID97345.015

Accident Date2017-03-29

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 11:00 a.m. on March 29, 2017, an employee was working in the bindery and reached behind the stitcher pocket to remove a misfed piece of paper. The employee caught one of their fingers in the drum unit.

Publishing Industries (except Internet)

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