Concrete Pipe Manufacturing

Industry Summary

As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 7,599 workers employed at 282 Concrete Pipe Manufacturing establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 65 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 27 workers. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Concrete Pipe Brick and Block Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

OSHA investigators arrived in Elgin, IL on Wednesday, August 16th 2017 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Concrete Specialties Co. (Elgin) which had occured on Thursday, August 10th 2017. A 64 year old man working as a Machinery maintenance occupation was injured on the job when the employee's thumb was amputated by conveyor
OSHA ID98232.015
Accident Date2017-08-10
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt approximately 8:15 a.m. on August 10, 2017, a maintenance employee was making an adjustment to a conveyor belt for a line that transports loads of wet concrete that the company referred to as the Big Machine Mud Line Belt. The belt was on while making the adjustment as that was the standard protocol. The employee's thumb was pulled into a belt and pulley drive while the conveyor was running, nearly severing the right thumb. There were no direct witnesses to the accident. The employee was hospitalized and treated for his injuries.
On Tuesday, March 28th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Rialto, CA which had occured previously at Thompson Pipe Group Inc. A 45 year old Laborer had been injured when the employee was struck by falling concrete pipe and suffered a br
OSHA ID98633.015
Accident Date2017-03-16
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 3:00 p.m. on March 6, 2017, an employee was removing some concrete pipes from their concrete forms. The employee was struck by a piece of an 18 foot concrete pipe when it fell over. The employee was hospitalized and treated for a broken hip.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, February 15th 2017 by OSHA representitives in New Orleans, LA after learning of an incident at Forterra Pipe & Precast, Llc which had occured on Thursday, February 2nd 2017. A 52 year old Laborer had been killed when the employee fell through floor opening and was killed
OSHA ID93220.015
Accident Date2017-02-02
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt approximately 9:39 a.m. on February 2, 2017, an employee was climbing on the pipe jacket. When he climbed down the pipe jacket, the employee stepped back into a floor hole and fell to the floor. The employee struck his head and shoulder on the floor and was killed.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
21.69
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 266
340%
Inspection Rate: 5.08
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 17

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Injury

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