Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials Manufacturing

Industry Summary

As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 10,383 workers employed at 280 Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials Manufacturing establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 7 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 37 workers. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Asphalt Paving Roofing and Saturated Materials Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

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The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, July 28th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Hampshire, IL which had occured previously at W. R. Meadows, Inc.. A 19 year old man working as a Machine operator was injured on the job when the employee was pulled into machine and suffered multiple injurie

OSHA ID97667.015

Accident Date2017-07-20

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 10:00 a.m. on July 20, 2017, an employee was cleaning the Teflon guide roller. The employee was pulled into the machine and suffered an arm fracture as well as third degree burns to their neck, shoulder, arm, and legs.

The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, February 8th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Ardmore, OK which had occured previously at Atlas Roofing Corporation. A 30 year old man working as a Machine feeder was injured on the job when the employee was caught in asphalt sheet production conveyor roll

OSHA ID93041.015

Accident Date2017-02-03

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 8:45 p.m. on February 3, 2017, an employee was positioning asphalt sheet feed material into rollers by hand. The employee hit the power button with his hand on the materials to feed up through roller. Without adequate support from fellow employees to help with weight of roll material, the employee got caught in the unguarded machine. The employee sustained ligament damage and strain on wrist tendons and hand.

OSHA investigators arrived in Irving, TX on Wednesday, September 21st 2016 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Owens Corning Roofing And Asphalt Llc. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the contact with hot objected or substances

OSHA IDSevere Injury Report

Accident Date2016-09-15

Accident DegreeInjury

NarrativeAn employee was beginning to install a thermocouple. He pulled out a plug and discovered it was not connected to a thermowell, but was plugged directly into the asphalt storage tank. When the plug was removed, 295 ?F asphalt splashed out of the tank and onto his hands, upper chest, and neck. He received second degree, partial thickness burns.

Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials Manufacturing

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