Office Supplies (except Paper) Manufacturing

Industry Summary

The Office Supplies (except Paper) Manufacturing industry has shown some reduction in numbers lately, with employment losses of -0.87% between 2014 and 2015 (the last reported data). There are currently 573 firms engaged in business within this industry and on average, each establishment employs 21 workers. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

• Most Common Violations
• Recent Accident Reports

The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, September 20th 2018 by OSHA representitives in Santa Ana, CA at Aardvark Clay & Supplies, Inc.. A 18 year old man working as a Machine operator was killed on the job when the

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OSHA ID109372.015

Accident Date2018-09-20

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 11:15 a.m. on September 20, 2018, an employee was packaging clay blocks and was standing next to the clay extruder where the mixer feeds the extruder. The employee was pulled into the extruder when his arm was caught by the unguarded extruder blades and was killed. The employee was killed.

OSHA investigators arrived in Philadelphia, PA on Monday, June 29th 2015 and began an accident investigation at Martin F. Weber Co.. A had been injured when the caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

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OSHA IDSevere Injury Report

Accident Date2015-06-25

Accident DegreeInjury

NarrativeAn employee amputated a fingertip while operating a filling machine. The employee was operating the tube filler machine to fill empty tubes with paint. The machine's trimming blade jammed. The employee tried to clear the jam and while a finger was in the nip point, the machine cycled, amputating the tip of his finger.

The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, January 9th 2015 by OSHA representitives in Fitchburg, MA at Avery Dennison Corporation. A had been injured when the struck by discharged object or substance

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OSHA IDSevere Injury Report

Accident Date2015-01-05

Accident DegreeInjury

NarrativeEmployee's face was burned by hot plastic exploding from an injection molding machine.