Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills

Industry Summary

The Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills industry has shown some reduction in numbers lately, with employment losses of -0.5% between 2014 and 2015 (the last reported data). There are currently 1,140 firms engaged in business within this industry and on average, each establishment employs 22 workers. On average over the last five years, the Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (23% more) than the broader Textile and Fabric Finishing and Fabric Coating Mills Industry

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OSHA investigators arrived in Anaheim, CA on Monday, November 5th 2018 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at A.M. Finishing Inc. which had occured on Friday, October 5th 2018. A 57 year old man working as a Laborer was killed on the job when the

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OSHA ID110785.015

Accident Date2018-10-05

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 11:00 a.m. on October 5, 2018, an employee was sanding a balcony door while on a ladder when he fainted and struck the back of his head on the ground. The employee suffered a skull fracture and was hospitalized for one month prior to his death.

The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, January 5th 2018 by OSHA representitives in Anaheim, CA at Expo Dyeing & Finishing Inc.. A 59 year old Electrical had been injured when the

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OSHA ID104080.015

Accident Date2017-12-04

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 11:30 a.m. on December 4, 2017, an employee was using a 6 foot A-frame ladder to access an electrical sensor on a machine that was 10 feet high. During work, the employee stepped on the top cap of the ladder, resulting in him falling. The employee sustained head trauma and multiple fractures, which he was hospitalized and received treatment. He was released 6 days later.

OSHA investigators arrived in Nicholls, GA on Tuesday, August 23rd 2016 and began an accident investigation at Milliken & Company. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the entangled in other object or equipment

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OSHA IDSevere Injury Report

Accident Date2016-08-15

Accident DegreeInjury

NarrativeAn employee was trimming excess yarn off of the package. The excess yarn became entangled in his hand and fell back through the guide slot in the guard as the employee was cutting it. After falling through the guide slot, the yarn began to wrap around the over feed, pulling his hand against the guard causing the amputation of the left thumb, a laceration on the left pinky finger, and crushing the left ring finger.