Newspaper Periodical Book and Directory Publishers

Industry Summary

Suffering major job losses, employees within the Newspaper Periodical Book and Directory Publishers industry have got to be on edge. With 2015 employment numbers coming in at 390,097, The industry has seen a decline of -4.98%. This change put 20,445 folks onto the unemployment line. Calculated reported accident rates have outpaced the Publishing Industries (except Internet) Industry by 90% over the past 5 years.

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OSHA investigators arrived in Des Moines, IA on Thursday, December 21st 2017 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Active Interest Media Inc.. A 29 year old man working as a Miscellaneous woodworking machine operator was injured on the job 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 at The Bakersfield Californian. 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.

OSHA investigators arrived in Portland, OR on Friday, March 31st 2017 and began an accident investigation at 317716360 - Journal Graphics Inc. 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.

Newspaper Periodical Book and Directory Publishers

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