Power Distribution and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Power Distribution and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing industry saw employment growth of only 1.52%. There are an average of 54 workers at each of the 466 establishments in the United States. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (0% more) the average for the Industry.

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OSHA investigators arrived in Sterling, IL on Wednesday, October 26th 2016 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Micron Industries Corporation which had occured on Wednesday, August 31st 2016. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the exposure to electricity, unspecified

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OSHA IDSevere Injury Report

Accident Date2016-08-31

Accident DegreeInjury

NarrativeAn employee suffered an electrical shock from a transformer test unit.

OSHA investigators arrived in Defuniak Springs, FL on Tuesday, August 9th 2016 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Florida Transformer, Inc. which had occured on Monday, August 8th 2016. A 52 year old Welder had been killed when the employee was killed in explosion while welding

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OSHA ID87732.015

Accident Date2016-08-08

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt approximately 2:00 p.m. on August 8, 2016, Employee #1 was using a welding type gouging rod to cut and remove the top of a sealed 3 phase transformer. Combustible gases within the transformer ignited and exploded, and Employee #1 was killed.

The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, April 25th 2016 by OSHA representitives in Wellsville, NY after learning of an incident at Current Controls, Inc. which had occured on Friday, April 15th 2016. A had been injured when the caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation

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OSHA IDSevere Injury Report

Accident Date2016-04-15

Accident DegreeInjury

NarrativeOn 4/15/16, an employee was operating a cutter machine when his right index finger was amputated to about the second knuckle.