Quick Printing
Industry Summary
Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (-100% more) the average for the Printing Industry.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, February 5th 2014 by OSHA representitives in Corona, CA after learning of an incident at Tree House Pad & Paper, Inc, which had occured on Monday, January 27th 2014. A employee working as a Machine operator was injured on the job when the employee fell from ladder and was injured
OSHA ID202720165
Accident Date2014-01-27
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt approximately 1:00 p.m. on January 27, 2014, Employee #1 was working at a facility that manufactured paper goods. He adjusted a paper roll (weighed approximately 1,200 lbs) that was suspended on the shaft of sheeter (Hamblet Machine Company, Number 788) and at a height of 8 ft above the ground. Employee #1 was using a portable stepladder to access the paper roll. He had to placed his left foot on the third rung of the ladder and his right foot on a piece of wood shaft used to secure rolls. His right foot slipped, and he fell on to a concrete floor sustaining a serious and unspecified injury. Employee #1 was transported to a hospital, where he was treated and then hospitalized.
OSHA investigators arrived in Houston, TX on Monday, December 14th 2009 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Vn Printing Co. which had occured on the same day. A Laborer had been killed when the employee was killed when struck by falling crane and load
OSHA ID201925039
Accident Date2009-12-14
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeOn December 14, 2009, Employee #1, a laborer, was using a 1-ton Abell-Howe floor -mounted jib crane to replace a roll of paper on a printing machine. The load we ighed 1,944 pounds, very near the maximum rated capacity of the crane. When Empl oyee #1 lifted the load, the bolts anchoring the base of the crane into the conc rete foundation pulled out of the concrete, causing the crane and load to fall. Employee #1 was struck by the load and crane. He sustained blunt force injuries and was killed. The inspection determined that the crane was installed by the em ployer and that installation instructions from the manufacturer were not followe d. The crane had never been load tested nor inspected.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
0
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 273
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 2