Household and Institutional Furniture Manufacturing

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Household and Institutional Furniture Manufacturing industry saw employment growth of only 2.1%. There are an average of 27 workers at each of the 4,670 establishments in the United States. On average over the last five years, the Household and Institutional Furniture Manufacturing industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (1% more) than the broader Household and Institutional Furniture and Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing Industry

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On Thursday, April 4th 2019 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Ontario, CA which had occured previously at Ngoc Hoang Gia, Llc. A 45 year old Machine operator had been injured when the

OSHA ID117407.015

Accident Date2018-04-23

Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 1:00 p.m. on April 23, 2018, an employee was cleaning the buildup fiber on the carding machine cylinders while it was operating and a coworker increased the machine's processing speed. The employee had their right index finger pulled into the machine's cylinders and amputated it.

OSHA investigators arrived in Orleans, VT on Thursday, December 14th 2017 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Ethan Allen Operations, Inc. A 55 year old Machinery maintenance occupation had been killed when the employee was caught in silo auger and was killed

OSHA ID101481.015

Accident Date2017-12-13

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 3:35 p.m. on December 13, 2017, an employee entered Silo #3 to check on the performance of a repair bottom unloader auger. The auger had been doing a live run in test and the employee was caught by the auger. The employee had both legs and right arm ground off by the automatic action of the auger and suffered lacerations to his torso while trying to free himself. The employee was killed at the scene.

OSHA investigators arrived in Colton, CA on Wednesday, November 15th 2017 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Stoneledge Furniture Llc which had occured on Monday, October 23rd 2017. A 20 year old Laborer had been injured when the

OSHA ID104903.015

Accident Date2017-10-23

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 3:02 a.m. on October 23, 2017, an employee was positioning a pallet jack to pick up an empty pallet.As the employee was positioning the pallet jack, it started spinning around until it struck a railing. The employee's left ankle was caught between the pallet jack and railing, resulting in a fractured ankle.

Household and Institutional Furniture Manufacturing

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