Industry Summary
As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 72,855 workers employed at 830 Soft Drink Manufacturing establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 91 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 88 workers. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Soft Drink and Ice Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.
OSHA investigators arrived in Worcester, MA on Friday, September 15th 2017 and began an accident investigation at Polar Corp.. A 56 year old Machinery maintenance occupation had been injured when the employee sustained amputation
Accident Date2017-09-07
Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 10:15 a.m. on September 7, 2017, Employee #1 was performing a maintenance task. The employee did not lock out the machine that he was working on and sustained an unspecified amputation. Employee #1 was not hospitalized.
OSHA investigators arrived in Birmingham, AL on Friday, August 25th 2017 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc.. A 57 year old had been killed when the employee was operating a forklift and was found unresponsive
Accident Date2017-08-25
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 3:50 a.m. on August 25, 2017, an employee was operating a forklift and was found unresponsive.
On Saturday, September 3rd 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in SAN ANTONIO, TE after learning of an incident at Bottling Group, LLC which had occured on the same day. A had been injured when the fall on same level, n.e.c.
Accident Date2016-09-03
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was walking up the stairs when his left leg fell between the steps, fracturing his left ankle.