Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing
Industry Summary
As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 47,215 workers employed at 1,495 Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 251 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 32 workers. On average over the last five years, the Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (14% more) than the broader Electrical Equipment Appliance and Component Manufacturing Industry
The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, September 11th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Berkeley, CA at Acuity Brands . A 52 year old Manager had been injured when the employee fell onto landing from stairs, fractured leg and a
OSHA ID102187.015
Accident Date2017-08-23
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 11:15 a.m. on August 23, 2017, an employee was walking down a set of indoor steps. The employee thought that she was on the bottom of the stairs and lost her balance, falling onto the tile stairs landing. The employee suffered fractures to her left fibula and ankle. The employee was hospitalized.
The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, March 28th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Grandview, MO at Peterson Manufacturing Company. A 39 year old woman working as a Assembler was injured on the job when the employee amputated finger on tube cutting machine
OSHA ID94245.015
Accident Date2017-03-22
Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 10:30 a.m. on March 22, 2017, Employee #1 was using the Eubanks tube cutting machine to cut two inch lengths of tubing. Static electricity had built up on the plastic tubing, causing it to clump at the outfeed. When this occurs, the employees are trained to tap on the bottom of the metal chute to discharge the static and release the clumped cut tubing. The employee reached under the guard, over the top of the chute, and swept the pieces away from the machine. When doing this, her right index finger entered the point of operations and the pad of her right index finger was amputated.
On Tuesday, November 22nd 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Oxford, OH after learning of an incident at Schneider Electric Usa, Inc. which had occured on Tuesday, November 15th 2016. A 52 year old woman working as a Machinist was injured on the job when the employee amputated fingertip while clearing jam from tape ma
OSHA ID90786.015
Accident Date2016-11-15
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 11:00 a.m. on November 15, 2016, an employee was running an automatic tape machine when the machine jammed where the cutting blade was located. The employee reached around the cutting blade to pull the jammed material out of the machine when the blade moved and cut off the tip of her left index finger.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
7.03
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 488
157.1%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 27