Polish and Other Sanitation Good Manufacturing

Industry Summary

Suffering major job losses, employees within the Polish and Other Sanitation Good Manufacturing industry have got to be on edge. With 2015 employment numbers coming in at 22,418, The industry has seen a decline of -4.01%. This change put 937 folks onto the unemployment line. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Soap and Cleaning Compound Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

OSHA investigators arrived in Bay City, MI on Thursday, December 14th 2017 and began an accident investigation at Sc Johnson & Son Inc. A 37 year old Machinery maintenance occupation had been injured when the employee amputated two fingered when troubleshooting conveyor
OSHA ID101489.015
Accident Date2017-11-30
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 11:45 p.m. on November 30, 2017, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured polish and other sanitation goods. He was working on an overhead material conveyor. He was troubleshooting a noisy bearing on the conveyor. When he pulled back an inadequate guard to examine the parts, his glove was pulled into the belt and pulley. He sustained the amputation of two fingers. He was hospitalized.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, November 8th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Perrysburg, OH after learning of an incident at Fresh Products, Llc which had occured on Friday, November 3rd 2017. A 45 year old Operations & systems researcher had been injured when the employee catches hand within sealing jaws and partially ampu
OSHA ID100617.015
Accident Date2017-11-03
Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 7:00 a.m. on November 3, 2017, an employee was operating a Doman Industries wrapper machine, Serial #78-19950, and pulled some ripped plastic from the sealing area. The employee's left hand index and middle fingers were caught by the machine's sealing jaws and his fingers were partially amputated. Hospitalization was not required.
OSHA investigators arrived in Roselle, NJ on Thursday, October 19th 2017 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Ronell Managed Services Llc which had occured on Monday, October 16th 2017. A 35 year old Laborer had been injured when the employee's finger was amputated while cleaning a mixer
OSHA ID100062.015
Accident Date2017-10-16
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 11:15 p.m. on October 16, 2017, an employee was cleaning a mixer and amputated his finger.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
3.92
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 236
62.5%
Inspection Rate: 1.39
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 9

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