Support Activities for Printing

Industry Summary

Suffering major job losses, employees within the Support Activities for Printing industry have got to be on edge. With 2015 employment numbers coming in at 26,378, The industry has seen a decline of -4.24%. This change put 1,169 folks onto the unemployment line. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (0% more) the average for the Industry.

OSHA investigators arrived in Westampton, NJ on Wednesday, January 27th 2016 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Quad/Graphics Marketing, Llc. A had been injured when the caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Accident Date2016-01-25
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee had removed a cover for the drive belt and the exit roller so the timing could be adjusted for the inserter. His left index finger was caught between the drive belt and the rotating exit roller, and his index fingertip and approximately two-thirds of the bone were amputated. The machine was not locked out at the time.
On Monday, December 7th 2015 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Lima, OH after learning of an incident at Heartland Specialty Converting, Inc. which had occured on Wednesday, December 2nd 2015. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Accident Date2015-12-02
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeOn or about December 03, 2015, an employee was lining up paper on the die cutter machine. The machine cycled, and the employee's finger got caught and was amputated between the machine rollers.
OSHA investigators arrived in Pico Rivera, CA on Tuesday, April 10th 2012 and began an accident investigation at Coastwide Tag & Label Co Inc. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the
Accident Date
Accident DegreeInjury
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OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
1.32
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 196
-11.1%
Inspection Rate: 0.81
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 3

Common Tools/Equipment

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