Construction Machinery Manufacturing

Industry Summary

The industry has shown a significant reduction in workforce , at least in the last reported period between 2014 and 2015. Over 1,067 employees lost their job in that period, a loss of -1.49%. The most recent numbers show a total of 862 businesses currently operating in the Construction Machinery Manufacturing industry. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Agriculture Construction and Mining Machinery Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

OSHA investigators arrived in Revere, MA on Thursday, February 28th 2019 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Maxim Crane Works, L.P. which had occured on the same day. A 40 year old man working as a Construction laborer was killed on the job when the
OSHA ID114102.015
Accident Date2019-02-28
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 3:00 p.m. on February 28, 2019, three employees were securing a fabric wind screen at ground level. During work, a multiport aluminum posts were knocked off the fourth floor when a tower crane was repositioning a load of decking floor supports and made contact with a load of aluminum posts. All three employees were struck by the falling posts, resulting in one being killed and the other two hospitalized.
OSHA investigators arrived in Revere, MA on Thursday, February 28th 2019 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Maxim Crane Works, L.P.. A 40 year old Construction laborer had been killed when the
OSHA ID114102.015
Accident Date2019-02-28
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 3:00 p.m. on February 28, 2019, three employees were securing a fabric wind screen at ground level. During work, a multiport aluminum posts were knocked off the fourth floor when a tower crane was repositioning a load of decking floor supports and made contact with a load of aluminum posts. All three employees were struck by the falling posts, resulting in one being killed and the other two hospitalized.
The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, February 28th 2019 by OSHA representitives in Revere, MA which had occured previously at Maxim Crane Works, L.P.. A 40 year old man working as a Construction laborer was killed on the job when the
OSHA ID114102.015
Accident Date2019-02-28
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 3:00 p.m. on February 28, 2019, three employees were securing a fabric wind screen at ground level. During work, a multiport aluminum posts were knocked off the fourth floor when a tower crane was repositioning a load of decking floor supports and made contact with a load of aluminum posts. All three employees were struck by the falling posts, resulting in one being killed and the other two hospitalized.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
7.4
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 602
173.7%
Inspection Rate: 4.61
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 42

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