Millwork

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Millwork industry saw employment growth of only 2.5%. There are an average of 28 workers at each of the 3,446 establishments in the United States. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Other Wood Product Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

On Tuesday, October 16th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Berthoud, CO at Sun Mountain, Inc.. A 54 year old had been killed when the
OSHA ID110211.015
Accident Date2018-10-16
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 1:00 p.m. on October 16, 2018, an employee was speaking to another employee working on a door on the "surgery" table in the customs department. At the same time, another employee was operating a table saw approximately 10 feet away, with the operator/back end of the saw facing the employee. The operator was performing rabbeting on a piece of molding when a the circular saw blade caught the end of the piece of wood, catapulting it behind the operator into the employee's chest. The employee sustained a penetrating injury to the chest including injuries to the heart and right lung leading to exsanguination. The employee was hospitalized and later died.
OSHA investigators arrived in Colton, CA on Wednesday, October 31st 2018 and began an accident investigation at C & K Form Fabrication Inc. A 54 year old man working as a Laborer was killed on the job when the employee died from heat illness
OSHA ID116042.015
Accident Date2018-07-07
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 3:00 p.m. on July 7, 2018, Employee #1 completed his work shift and left the worksite in his personal vehicle. Employee #1 was responsible for the overall housekeeping of the lumber yard and to assist other employees with the staging of materials and finished product. He was discovered unresponsive in his personal vehicle offsite hours later by a passerby. The cause of death was listed as: Hyperthermia due to high environmental temperature hours. Employee #1 was working in direct sunlight under heat wave conditions for two consecutive days.
On Thursday, January 25th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Rocklin, CA at Pacific Mdf Products Incorporated. A 18 year old had been injured when the
OSHA ID104175.015
Accident Date2018-01-22
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 8:32 a.m. on January 22, 2018, an employee was standing near the end of a conveyor belt and had rested his right hand near a moving chain belt while wearing a glove. The employee's glove was pulled into the chain conveyor and crushed both his index and middle finger in a nip point, later amputating each of them from his hand. The employee was hospitalized.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
18.38
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 3251
127.9%
Inspection Rate: 6.82
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 157