Industry Summary
The industry has shown a significant reduction in workforce , at least in the last reported period between 2014 and 2015. Over 1,197 employees lost their job in that period, a loss of -1.86%. The most recent numbers show a total of 3,706 businesses currently operating in the Book Publishers industry. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Newspaper Periodical Book and Directory Publishers Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, April 15th 2015 by OSHA representitives in COLUMBIA, MI after learning of an incident at MBS TEXTBOOK EXCHANGE, INC. which had occured on the same day. A had been injured when the caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Accident Date2015-04-15
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was jogging a conveyor belt to adjust the belt's tracking. The wrench he was using slipped and got caught between the roller and the side of the conveyor, pinning his hand and amputating his right-hand pinky finger at the second knuckle.