Industry Summary
As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 124,578 workers employed at 986 Search Detection Navigation Guidance Aeronautical and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 1,132 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 126 workers. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (0% more) the average for the Industry.
On Thursday, January 26th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Ontario, CA at C&D Zodiac Inc./Zodiac Aerospace. A 49 year old man working as a Machine operator was injured on the job when the employee amputated three fingered while operating a table saw
Accident Date2017-01-10
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 2:51 p.m. on January 10, 2017, an employee was cutting plastic parts on a table saw without a guard in place. The employee's right hand became caught in the saw, amputating three of his fingers.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, August 31st 2016 by OSHA representitives in PEACHTREE CITY, GE after learning of an incident at Wencor Group which had occured on the same day. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the other jump to lower level, unspecified
Accident Date2016-08-31
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was driving a forklift out of the back of a truck when the truck started to roll. The employee jumped from the truck and fractured his foot and degloved the left big toe. Later, two toes were amputated.
On Thursday, June 16th 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in ANDOVER, MA which had occured previously at RAYTHEON. A had been injured when the direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
Accident Date2016-06-16
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeWhile testing a circuit card in a thermal test chamber, an employee attempted to adjust the fiber optic cable connection and received an electric shock.