Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Transportation Equipment Manufacturing industry saw employment growth of only 2.87%. There are an average of 110 workers at each of the 14,582 establishments in the United States. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (0% more) the average for the Industry.

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The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, May 6th 2019 by OSHA representitives in Valley City, OH after learning of an incident at Shiloh Industries which had occured on Friday, May 3rd 2019. A 70 year old man working as a Machine operator was killed on the job when the

OSHA ID115999.015

Accident Date2019-05-03

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 12:45 p.m. on May 3, 2019, an employee was killed when he was crushed between two powered industrial trucks that were parallel parked.

OSHA investigators arrived in West Point, GA on Sunday, March 10th 2019 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Hyundai Transys Georgia Powertrain, Inc. which had occured on Saturday, March 9th 2019. A 34 year old man working as a was killed on the job when the

OSHA ID114375.015

Accident Date2019-03-09

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 2:25 p.m. on March 9, 2019, an employee was repairing and replacing a clamp pad for GA 00-100T/M Case Turn Over #1 machine. When he was inside from his waist up, he was crushed by the machine. The employee was killed.

OSHA investigators arrived in Gardena, CA on Monday, February 11th 2019 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at German Machined Products Inc. A 60 year old Laborer had been killed when the

OSHA ID113531.015

Accident Date2019-02-11

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 12:45 p.m. on February 11, 2019, an employee was conducting the cleaning of milling machines (model number: AWEA FCV-620) with a coworker. As the employee opened the small gated doors and accessed the rear compartment of one of the milling machines, he was struck in the back of the head and killed. The incident investigation determined that the machines axis activated, moving its home position forward and drove the employee's head into the machine's frame. The employee suffered a fractured skull.

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

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