Motor Vehicle Seating and Interior Trim Manufacturing

Industry Summary

With employment in this industry reaching new highs, the 529 businesses operating in the Motor Vehicle Seating and Interior Trim Manufacturing industry are sure to make protecting the estimated total of 70,201 employees reported in 2015 a top priority. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

On Tuesday, August 8th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Clanton, AL after learning of an incident at Adient Clanton, Inc. which had occured on the same day. A 23 year old man working as a Machine operator was killed on the job when the employee was struck in the head by machine and was killed
OSHA ID97993.015
Accident Date2017-08-08
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 7:15 a.m. on August 8, 2017, an employee was running the control board for the Laser Weld station. The employee climbed into the machine when the weld station stopped working and was struck in the head when the machine was turned on. The employee was killed.
The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, August 30th 2016 by OSHA representitives in Pell City, AL after learning of an incident at Eissmann Automotive North America, Inc which had occured on Thursday, August 25th 2016. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2016-08-25
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was troubleshooting the elevator. The employee was maneuvering the light curtain back into place when their hand was crushed in the elevator resulting in broken fingers and degloving on the right hand.
OSHA investigators arrived in Clanton, AL on Thursday, June 30th 2016 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Johnson Controls Inc.. A had been injured when the struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2016-06-24
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was pulling the die from a rack when the push/pull mechanism of the die cart failed. When the employee realized this, he removed the chains from around the die and proceeded to set the brake, then pushed the die onto the die cart from behind the rack. The die cart then moved backwards, causing the die to start to tip and fall. When the employee tried to grab and stabilize it, the center of gravity for the die was over the edge of the die rack shelf, and the die fell and trapped the employee's arms between the top of the die and the underside of the die rack shelf. He broke both wrists and was hospitalized.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
3.37
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 391
73.9%
Inspection Rate: 6.47
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 16

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