Printing

Industry Summary

The Printing industry has shown some reduction in numbers lately, with employment losses of -0.49% between 2014 and 2015 (the last reported data). There are currently 27,400 firms engaged in business within this industry and on average, each establishment employs 15 workers. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (0% more) the average for the Industry.

The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, December 21st 2017 by OSHA representitives in Porterville, CA after learning of an incident at Pro Document Solutions which had occured on Monday, December 11th 2017. A 57 year old man working as a Laborer was injured on the job when the worker fell from stepladder and fractured several vertebrae
OSHA ID102688.015
Accident Date2017-12-11
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 4:15 p.m. on December 11, 2017, an employee was working for a firm that printed business forms. He was pulling electrical wiring through a ceiling. He was using a new 2.4-meter (8-foot) Wagner stepladder. The employee fell from ladder as he was pulling the wires. There were no witnesses to the incident. He sustained fractures to his first and fifth lumbar vertebrae and additional fractures to the left side of the L1 through L4 lumbar vertebrae region. He was hospitalized.
The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, December 5th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Willard, OH 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.
OSHA investigators arrived in Chelsea, MI on Wednesday, December 13th 2017 and began an accident investigation at Sheridan Books Inc. A 43 year old Machine operator had been injured when the employee's finger was amputated while loading a flat bed clot
OSHA ID101466.015
Accident Date2017-11-06
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 8:30 p.m. on November 6, 2017, and employee was loading paper into a flat bed cloth cutting machine for cutting. While lining up the stack, she inadvertently stepped on the machine's activation foot peddle and the clamp came down on her finger. The employee's finger was amputated, which she was hospitalized and received treatment.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
4.36
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 5607
126.4%
Inspection Rate: 1.39
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 159