Cutlery and Handtool Manufacturing

Industry Summary

The Cutlery and Handtool Manufacturing industry has shown some reduction in numbers lately, with employment losses of -0.85% between 2014 and 2015 (the last reported data). There are currently 1,360 firms engaged in business within this industry and on average, each establishment employs 28 workers. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

On Monday, August 7th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Kenilworth, NJ which had occured previously at Idl Techni Edge Llc. A 53 year old man working as a Machinery maintenance occupation was injured on the job when the employee's fingertip was amputated when caught in belt of gri
OSHA ID102252.015
Accident Date2017-07-26
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 4:00 p.m. on July 26, 2017, Employee #1 was working on a transmission that was leaking oil. The employee changed the breather plug to a smaller one, and turned on the motor to see if it was getting hot. His gloved hand was pulled into the belt of the grinder, causing an amputation of the left pointer finger tip. The employee was not hospitalized.
On Monday, July 3rd 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Milwaukee, WI which had occured previously at Snap-On Tools Company. A 25 year old Machine operator had been injured when the employee amputated fingertip while setting up machine
OSHA ID96759.015
Accident Date2017-06-24
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt approximately 11:12 p.m. on June 24, 2017, an employee was setting-up a machine. In the process, somehow the employee's fingertip was amputated and the employee was hospitalized. The details of the accident were not provided in the summary.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, June 28th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Manitowoc, WI after learning of an incident at Tramontina Us Cookware, Inc. which had occured on Thursday, June 22nd 2017. A 63 year old Millwright had been injured when the employee amputated fingertip in moving gear while oiling mac
OSHA ID96689.015
Accident Date2017-06-22
Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 2:30 a.m. on June 22, 2017, an employee was greasing and oiling the moving gears on some equipment by hand. The employee pinched his right index finger in a nip point and amputated his fingertip.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
7.86
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 546
100%
Inspection Rate: 2.88
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 22

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