Ship Building and Repairing

Industry Summary

The Ship Building and Repairing industry has shown some reduction in numbers lately, with employment losses of -0.94% between 2014 and 2015 (the last reported data). There are currently 776 firms engaged in business within this industry and on average, each establishment employs 132 workers. 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, January 28th 2019 by OSHA representitives in Windy, KY after learning of an incident at 60510 - Thoroughbred Renovations Llc which had occured on the same day. A 63 year old employee had been killed when the employee fell from trailer while unloading roof raftered and

OSHA ID113285.015

Accident Date2019-01-28

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 11:45 a.m. on January 28, 2019, an employee was working with a coworker and was assisting with moving a roof bar from a wooden pallet that they were standing while on top of a truck trailer. The employee fell from the trailer and struck his head on the ground, and was killed.

OSHA investigators arrived in Jacksonville, FL on Sunday, January 21st 2018 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at North Florida Shipyards, Inc.. A 34 year old man working as a Machinist was killed on the job when the

OSHA ID102375.015

Accident Date2018-01-21

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 3:30 p.m. on January 21, 2018, an employee was removing a manifold near a river. The employee fell into the river and drowned.

On Thursday, November 9th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Bath, ME after learning of an incident at General Dynamics which had occured on Tuesday, November 7th 2017. A 50 year old Machine operator had been injured when the employee's fingertip was amputated while operating a hydrauli

OSHA ID100881.015

Accident Date2017-11-07

Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 12:00 p.m. on November 7, 2017, an employee was operating a hydraulic shear to manipulate a piece of stainless steel. During operation, the employee's hand entered the point of operation. As a result, one of employee's fingertips was amputated. The incident investigation identified that the employee's fingers had gone beyond the awareness barrier during operation, which allowed the finger to become caught under a hold down device.

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