Textile Product Mills
Industry Summary
As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 115,466 workers employed at 6,783 Textile Product Mills establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 1,081 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 17 workers. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (200% more) the average for the Manufacturing Industry.
On Friday, March 1st 2019 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Amelia Court House, VA after learning of an incident at 141340 - Anderson Brothers Lumber Company, Incorporated which had occured on Wednesday, February 27th 2019. A 66 year old employee had been killed when the
OSHA ID116162.015
Accident Date2019-02-27
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeOn February 27, 2019, an employee accessed his truck (model number: 9200i) and trailer (model number: DGTC-45) that had been loaded with lumber the day before. After checking that the load was secure, he drove to the scheduled delivery site. The employee maneuvered the truck and trailer to an unloading area where he was met by a forklift driver. The employee exited the cab and used a pry bar to loosen the ratchet straps that secured the load and then threw the hooked end of the straps across the load. One of the straps, which was closest to the trucks cab became hung up on the lumber. As the employee climbed onto the trailer and worked to free the stuck strap, he lost his balance when the strap was dislodged. The employee fell backwards and fell from the truck, landing on his feet at first and then collapsing. He struck his head on the asphalt. Emergency services were called; however, the employee died from his injuries.
The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, December 27th 2018 by OSHA representitives in Groveport, OH after learning of an incident at Fluvitex Usa, Inc. which had occured on Wednesday, December 26th 2018. A 25 year old had been killed when the
OSHA ID112160.015
Accident Date2018-12-26
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 7:45 p.m. on December 26, 2018, an employee and coworker turned off a compensator when it became jammed with some cloth. The employee was seen by other coworkers with his upper body and leg in the compensator cutting the jammed fabric. The fabric ripped from the machine and the employee was caught inside the compensator when the middle weighted bar fell and pinned him. The employee was transported to the hospital by emergency personnel and was later pronounced dead from blunt force trauma to the front and back of his head.
OSHA investigators arrived in Rancho Cucamonga, CA on Wednesday, January 17th 2018 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at American Nonwovens, Inc. which had occured on Wednesday, January 3rd 2018. A 47 year old man working as a Machine operator was injured on the job when the employee amputated right arm and hand in machine's nip point
OSHA ID107679.015
Accident Date2018-01-03
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 8:45 a.m. on January 3, 2018, an employee was cleaning a roller on the LM4 machine with a brush. The employee had his hand pulled into a pinch point when the brush was caught by the roller and the employee degloved the lower half of his right arm and hand. The employee was hospitalized.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
5.88
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 1146
242.1%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 63