Manufactured Home (Mobile Home) Manufacturing

Industry Summary

The Manufactured Home (Mobile Home) Manufacturing industry is experiencing greater than average employment growth as of late. In 2014 the government estimated a total of 20,524 workers, then just 12 months later it had climbed to 21,364, an increase of 4.09%. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the All Other Wood Product Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

OSHA investigators arrived in Corona, CA on Monday, November 13th 2017 and began an accident investigation at Champion Home Builders Inc. A 50 year old man working as a Occupation Not Listed was injured on the job when the
OSHA ID104100.015
Accident Date2017-10-31
Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 3:15 pm on October 31, 2017, Employee #1, a roofer, was operating the rolling hoisted/scaffold to a lower platform on the ground. Employee #2 was painting the exterior of the side of a mobile home, using a paint brush, paint gun, rolling ladder to paint. Employee #3 was also painting exterior of home under construction while using a rolling ladder. Employee #4, a plumber, was upstairs in stock room gathering materials just before the incident. Employee #1 was lowering the hoist/scaffold unit down between two mobile home units when rear end of the hoisted/scaffold came into contact with the rear end of a roof edge. Employee #1 continued to lower the scaffold which caught on the edge of roof, causing the entire scaffold to tip and fall to the ground, between two separate mobile homes. The scaffold fell over, striking the floor and a mobile home, resulting in mobile home moving and hitting Employee #2 and #3. Both employees fell from their ladders. Employee #4 tripped while he was running out of the stock room resulting in a dislocated shoulder.
The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, November 13th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Corona, CA at Champion Home Builders Inc. A 56 year old man working as a Painter was injured on the job when the
OSHA ID104100.015
Accident Date2017-10-31
Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 3:15 pm on October 31, 2017, Employee #1, a roofer, was operating the rolling hoisted/scaffold to a lower platform on the ground. Employee #2 was painting the exterior of the side of a mobile home, using a paint brush, paint gun, rolling ladder to paint. Employee #3 was also painting exterior of home under construction while using a rolling ladder. Employee #4, a plumber, was upstairs in stock room gathering materials just before the incident. Employee #1 was lowering the hoist/scaffold unit down between two mobile home units when rear end of the hoisted/scaffold came into contact with the rear end of a roof edge. Employee #1 continued to lower the scaffold which caught on the edge of roof, causing the entire scaffold to tip and fall to the ground, between two separate mobile homes. The scaffold fell over, striking the floor and a mobile home, resulting in mobile home moving and hitting Employee #2 and #3. Both employees fell from their ladders. Employee #4 tripped while he was running out of the stock room resulting in a dislocated shoulder.
On Monday, November 13th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Corona, CA which had occured previously at Champion Home Builders Inc. A 60 year old man working as a Painter was injured on the job when the
OSHA ID104100.015
Accident Date2017-10-31
Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 3:15 pm on October 31, 2017, Employee #1, a roofer, was operating the rolling hoisted/scaffold to a lower platform on the ground. Employee #2 was painting the exterior of the side of a mobile home, using a paint brush, paint gun, rolling ladder to paint. Employee #3 was also painting exterior of home under construction while using a rolling ladder. Employee #4, a plumber, was upstairs in stock room gathering materials just before the incident. Employee #1 was lowering the hoist/scaffold unit down between two mobile home units when rear end of the hoisted/scaffold came into contact with the rear end of a roof edge. Employee #1 continued to lower the scaffold which caught on the edge of roof, causing the entire scaffold to tip and fall to the ground, between two separate mobile homes. The scaffold fell over, striking the floor and a mobile home, resulting in mobile home moving and hitting Employee #2 and #3. Both employees fell from their ladders. Employee #4 tripped while he was running out of the stock room resulting in a dislocated shoulder.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
18.86
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 322
288.9%
Inspection Rate: 8.16
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 29

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