Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

Industry Summary

The Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing industry has shown some reduction in numbers lately, with employment losses of -0.66% between 2014 and 2015 (the last reported data). There are currently 7,017 firms engaged in business within this industry and on average, each establishment employs 39 workers. On average over the last five years, the Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (12% more) than the broader Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing Industry

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OSHA investigators arrived in Baytown, TX on Friday, December 7th 2018 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Jindal Saw Usa, Llc which had occured on the same day. A 40 year old man working as a Machinery maintenance occupation was killed on the job when the

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OSHA ID111633.015

Accident Date2018-12-07

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 7:45 a.m. on December 7, 2018, an employee was preparing to do welding on the rollers in the quenching water tank operations area. The equipment was not locked out, and the employee tripped the motion sensors that allowed for movement of press near wash/drying area, while employee was in a working position. He was crushed by the downward movement of press and was killed from internal bleeding.

The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, October 17th 2018 by OSHA representitives in Baton Rouge, LA after learning of an incident at Performance Contractors, Inc which had occured on Tuesday, October 16th 2018. A 27 year old Pipelayer had been killed when the employee fell 80 feet and was killed

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OSHA ID110111.015

Accident Date2018-10-16

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 7:25 a.m. on October 16, 2018, an employee went to the second level of an exchanger and fell 80 feet to a platform that was approximately 20 feet from the ground. The employee was killed.

On Friday, September 21st 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Burbank, CA at Steve'S Plating Corporation. A 67 year old man working as a Machinist was killed on the job when the employee was crushed and killed by falling press brake

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OSHA ID114598.015

Accident Date2018-09-21

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 9:30 a.m. on September 21, 2018, five employees from two different companies were loading large machine shop equipment onto a flat bed truck during the liquidation of one of the companies. While loading a large tube bender on the truck using a forklift, an unsecured mechanical press brake, previously loaded onto the truck, listed and fell from the truck bed and landed onto one of the employees. The employee sustained fatal blunt force trauma / crushing injuries with the cause of death listed as exsanguination.