Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing

Industry Summary

As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 14,031 workers employed at 316 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 20 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 44 workers. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Pesticide Fertilizer and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, October 4th 2017 by OSHA representitives in North Kansas City, MO after learning of an incident at Rockwell Labs which had occured on Monday, October 2nd 2017. A 50 year old Order clerk had been injured when the employee was pinned between forklift and storage rack
OSHA ID99539.015
Accident Date2017-10-02
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 11:45 a.m. on October 2, 2017, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured pesticides and other agricultural chemicals. She was operating a Crown 30 RCTT-S electric stand-up forklift to pick and assemble orders. When the employee backed up the forklift, she became pinned against the rack located behind the forklift. She sustained contusions to her upper back and shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.
OSHA investigators arrived in SAINT JOSEPH, MI on Thursday, September 15th 2016 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at ALBAUGH LLC. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2016-09-15
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeA worker opened a valve that allowed monoisopropylamine to enter an empty tank. Vapors from the monoisopropylamine entered the shop environment and migrated to a neighboring area where an employee had a serious reaction and experienced respiratory distress. She was hospitalized.
On Thursday, March 3rd 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in NORTH TONAWANDA, NE after learning of an incident at Riverside Chemical Company which had occured on the same day. A had been injured when the fall on same level due to slipping
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2016-03-03
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee slipped and fell in the parking lot and was hospitalized with a fractured femur.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
9.5
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 139
50%
Inspection Rate: 3.82
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 12

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