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.

The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, July 18th 2019 by OSHA representitives in Lumberton, NC which had occured previously at 142933 - Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Production Division). A 30 year old employee had been killed 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.
On Monday, April 15th 2019 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Greenville, MO after learning of an incident at Kerry, Inc. which had occured on Sunday, April 14th 2019. 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.
On Tuesday, February 19th 2019 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Merced, CA which had occured previously at Hernandez Custom Covering Llc. A 30 year old man working as a Laborer was killed on the job 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.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
13.46
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 18539
167.7%
Inspection Rate: 4.63
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 1800