Chemical Manufacturing

Industry Summary

As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 806,060 workers employed at 17,083 Chemical Manufacturing establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 5,856 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 47 workers. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (0% more) the average for the Industry.

• Most Common Violations
• Recent Accident Reports

The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, February 19th 2019 by OSHA representitives in Fort Worth, TX which had occured previously at Tokai Carbon Cb, Ltd.. A 20 year old had been killed when the

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OSHA ID113780.015

Accident Date2019-02-18

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 9:30 a.m. on February 18, 2019, an employee was standing in a work area near a vehicle. The employee was later found crushed beneath the rear tires of a trailer. He was killed.

On Tuesday, January 15th 2019 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Hayden, ID after learning of an incident at Unitech Composites, Inc. which had occured on Monday, January 14th 2019. A 59 year old man working as a was killed on the job when the

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OSHA ID113001.015

Accident Date2019-01-14

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 12:15 p.m. on January 14, 2019, an employee was having a smoke break and collapsed. The employee appeared to have suffered a heart attack and died.

On Tuesday, October 16th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Saint Louis, MO which had occured previously at Sigma-Aldrich. A 54 year old man working as a Machinery maintenance occupation was killed on the job when the employee was found unresponsive at worksite

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OSHA ID110081.015

Accident Date2018-10-09

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 12:45 p.m. on October 9, 2018, an employee was found with his upper body leaning into a compartment door over the autoclave and was unresponsive.