Forging and Stamping

Industry Summary

As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 100,101 workers employed at 2,376 Forging and Stamping establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 478 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 42 workers. Calculated reported accident rates have outpaced the Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing Industry by 71% over the past 5 years.

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On Thursday, January 11th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Cincinnati, OH which had occured previously at Knowlton Manufacturing Co., Inc.. A 24 year old man working as a Not Applicable was injured on the job when the

OSHA ID102128.015

Accident Date2018-01-03

Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 11:15 a.m. on January 3, 2018, an employee was operating a mechanical power press and the chain for the brake monitoring system fell off of the sprocket. The employee reached into the machine's sprocket and caught his finger between the dies as it completed its cycle. His fingertip was amputated, which he was hospitalized and received treatment.

OSHA investigators arrived in Walker, MI on Tuesday, January 2nd 2018 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Challenge Manufacturing Co Plant 4 Dba Black River Stamping & Automation which had occured on Friday, December 22nd 2017. A 56 year old man working as a was killed on the job when the employee was struck by steel coil and later died from complic

OSHA ID101935.015

Accident Date2017-12-22

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 6:30 p.m. on December 22, 2017, an employee was cutting the banding off a vertical standing steel coil that weighed approximately 5,000 lbs before loading it into a press machine. The employee was struck by the steel coil when it fell over. The employee was hospitalized with fractured legs, fractured left tibia, and dislocated left knee cap. The employee later died from complications.

The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, November 3rd 2017 by OSHA representitives in Garfield Heights, OH after learning of an incident at Drum Parts, Inc. which had occured on Thursday, October 26th 2017. A 25 year old man working as a Machinery maintenance occupation was injured on the job when the employee amputated fingertip when caught between a die and r

OSHA ID100580.015

Accident Date2017-10-26

Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 7:00 a.m. on October 26, 2017, an employee was changing a small die on a press and did not lockout the machinery. The employee stepped on the foot pedal and cycled the machine, catching her left pinky's fingertip between the die and ram. The employee amputated the tip of her finger and was hospitalized.

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