Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing

Industry Summary

As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 19,965 workers employed at 720 Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 198 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 28 workers. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (-100% more) the average for the Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing Industry.

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The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, October 16th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Culver City, CA after learning of an incident at Turner'S North Center Productions Inc./'The Last Ship' Production which had occured on Wednesday, September 6th 2017. A 65 year old Supervisor had been injured when the

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OSHA ID100674.015

Accident Date2017-09-06

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 1:30 p.m. on September 6, 2017, Employee #1, the Special Effects Coordinator, was setting up a test run for a shooting scene in "The Last Ship", involving a metal sheet and squib. A piece of metal came off of the metal sheet and struck Employee #1 in the cheek. Employee #1 sustained a puncture wound to his cheek and was hospitalized for his injury.

On Tuesday, March 13th 2012 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Valencia, CA which had occured previously at Sonic Electronix Inc.. A Personnel had been injured when the employee's finger was amputation by router

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OSHA ID202471603

Accident Date2012-02-23

Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury

NarrativeAt approximately 11:00 a.m. on February 23, 2012, Employee #1, with Sonic Electronix, Inc. (an electronic retail and car stereo accessory installation service), was cutting a wood form for a speaker box. While using a router table (Bosch Model Number 1617EVSPK), his left middle finger was amputated. At the time of incident, the router cutting bit was not guarded.