Clay Product and Refractory Manufacturing

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Clay Product and Refractory Manufacturing industry saw employment growth of only 1.27%. There are an average of 27 workers at each of the 1,443 establishments in the United States. On average over the last five years, the Clay Product and Refractory Manufacturing industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (17% more) than the broader Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing Industry

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On Monday, November 7th 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Warren, OH after learning of an incident at 58578 - Resco Products Inc which had occured on Sunday, November 6th 2016. A 55 year old employee had been killed when the employee died from blood clot caused by forklift accident

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OSHA ID90442.015

Accident Date2016-11-06

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 12:00 midnight on November 6, 2016, an employee was walking into a facility when he was hit by a forklift. The employee was admitted to the hospital for 4 days and released. While at home, the employee was not feeling well and returned to the hospital where he passed away from a blood clot.

The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, October 6th 2016 by OSHA representitives in Fresno, CA which had occured previously at Eko Living Elements Llc. A 37 year old Laborer had been killed when the employee collapsed at work at dies

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OSHA ID89684.015

Accident Date2016-10-06

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 10:40 a.m. on October 6, 2016, Employee #1 was standing on the production floor talking to another employee. When the other employee had left, and then turned around, he saw that the employee was on the ground. Cause of death was not reported.

OSHA investigators arrived in MESQUITE, TE on Tuesday, September 20th 2016 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Fritztile which had occured on the same day. A had been injured when the caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

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OSHA IDSevere Injury Report

Accident Date2016-09-20

Accident DegreeInjury

NarrativeA lead person was adjusting the edge grinder. An employee walked to the back of the machine and placed his hand on the end of an adjustment rod sticking out of a pneumatic cylinder. The lead did not realize the employee's hand was on the rod, so he actuated the machine to test his adjustments. The employee's left index finger was then pinched and amputated between the cylinder housing and the rod end stop.