Commercial Gravure Printing

Industry Summary

The industry has shown a significant reduction in workforce , at least in the last reported period between 2014 and 2015. Over 3,640 employees lost their job in that period, a loss of -1.09%. The most recent numbers show a total of 20,941 businesses currently operating in the Commercial Gravure Printing industry. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Printing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

On Tuesday, December 5th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Willard, OH which had occured previously at Lsc Communications Us, Llc. A 24 year old man working as a Printing machine operator was injured on the job when the employee's fingered are pinched in printing press
OSHA ID101319.015
Accident Date2017-11-30
Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 12:40 p.m. on November 30, 2017, a 24-year-old employee was working for a commercial printer. He was feeding paper through the blanket rollers on the firms press unit Number 3, a Goss Sunday 3000 printing press, while the press was running in inch mode. This was known as "re-webbing" the press. The employees hand got too close to the blanket rollers. The middle and ring fingers on the employees right hand were caught between the rollers and crushed. He was not hospitalized.
On Thursday, November 2nd 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Sandy Hook, CT which had occured previously at Curtis Packaging Corporation . A 60 year old man working as a Machinery maintenance occupation was injured on the job when the
OSHA ID100407.015
Accident Date2017-10-30
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 9:45 a.m. on October 30, 2017, Employee #1 manually opened a guard to the main drive of a Gluer Machine #53. His thumbs were below the guard when the main drive came on unexpectedly. The employee's left thumb got caught in the belt and pulley. He sustained an amputation of his thumb from the first knuckle to the tip. The employee was hospitalized for his injury.
On Monday, November 20th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Lansing, MI which had occured previously at Mps Lansing. A 55 year old man working as a Printing machine operator was injured on the job when the employee crushes fingered during printing press set
OSHA ID100843.015
Accident Date2017-10-26
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 6:15 p.m. on October 26, 2017, an employee was preparing final printing press adjustments on the scoring roller and had removed the guard. The employee placed his left hand in the nip point between the rubber roller and steel scoring roller and amputated his left middle finger and partially amputated his left index finger. The employee was hospitalized.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
2.55
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 1166
143.8%
Inspection Rate: 0.86
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 59

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