Industry Summary
With recent employment losses of over -5.67%, The Newspaper Publishers industry has been taking a real beating. The last reported numbers showed about 190,357 employees working within the industry which is a shocking decrease considering the numbers were reported at 201,794 in 2014. All told there are a total of 7,728 businesses in operation with the Newspaper Publishers industry. On average over the last five years, the Newspaper Publishers industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (44% more) than the broader Newspaper Periodical Book and Directory Publishers Industry
The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, September 11th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Bakersfield, CA 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
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 after learning of an incident at 317716360 - Journal Graphics Inc which had occured on Wednesday, March 29th 2017. A 60 year old woman working as a employee was injured on the job when the employee removes misfed paper and traps finger in bindery dr
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.
On Thursday, August 18th 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Beckley, WV at Community Newspaper Holdings Of West Virginia. A had been injured when the caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Accident Date2016-08-17
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeOn August 17, 2016, at approximately 12:15 a.m., an employee was moving bundles of paper into a strapping machine by hand using a motor-driven roller line. While attempting to remove a paper from the line, the employee's right hand and arm were pulled into the live rollers. He was hospitalized with a fractured right arm.