Food Manufacturing

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Food Manufacturing industry saw employment growth of only 1.65%. There are an average of 48 workers at each of the 31,542 establishments in the United States. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (587% more) the average for the Manufacturing Industry.

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OSHA investigators arrived in Lumberton, NC on Thursday, July 18th 2019 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at 142933 - Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Production Division). A 30 year old man working as a employee was killed on the job when the

OSHA ID118045.015

Accident Date2019-07-17

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 3:36 p.m. on July 17, 2019, Employee #1 was manually unstrapping poultry cages on a semi trailer in the receiving area. The employee walked behind the trailer, and was backed over by the semi trailer and killed.

The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, April 15th 2019 by OSHA representitives in Greenville, MO which had occured previously at Kerry, Inc.. A 54 year old Furnace had been killed when the

OSHA ID115418.015

Accident Date2019-04-14

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 1:15 a.m. on April 14, 2019, an employee was near a roof top exhaust fan when he fell from the roof. The employee sustained head injuries as well as other body fractures and was killed when he struck the ground.

The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, February 19th 2019 by OSHA representitives in Merced, CA which had occured previously at Hernandez Custom Covering Llc. A 30 year old Laborer had been killed when the employee was killed when struck by falling bale

OSHA ID113950.015

Accident Date2019-02-19

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 11:48 a.m. on February 19, 2019, an employee was uncovering a high stack of cattle feed bale when one of the bales fell and crushed him. As a result, the employee was killed.

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