Lighting Fixture Manufacturing
Industry Summary
Between 2014 and 2015, the Lighting Fixture Manufacturing industry saw employment growth of only 1.43%. There are an average of 30 workers at each of the 1,308 establishments in the United States. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.
On Tuesday, March 28th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Grandview, MO after learning of an incident at Peterson Manufacturing Company which had occured on Wednesday, March 22nd 2017. A 39 year old Assembler had been injured 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.
The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, November 22nd 2016 by OSHA representitives 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 Machinist had been injured 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 investigators arrived in ROBSTOWN, TE on Thursday, September 1st 2016 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Scott Electric Company which had occured on the same day. A had been injured when the exposure to environmental heat
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2016-09-01
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was preparing the workplace for underground electrical work and suffered a heat-related illness.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
5.87
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 421
169.2%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 21