Other Similar Organizations (except Business Professional Labor and Political Organizations)

Industry Summary

As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 105,292 workers employed at 15,749 Other Similar Organizations (except Business Professional Labor and Political Organizations) establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 277 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 7 workers. On average over the last five years, the Other Similar Organizations (except Business Professional Labor and Political Organizations) industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (34% more) than the broader Business Professional Labor Political and Similar Organizations Industry

OSHA investigators arrived in Concord, CA on Monday, July 17th 2017 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Sierra Pacific Properties Inc. which had occured on Tuesday, July 11th 2017. A 57 year old man working as a Machinery maintenance occupation was injured on the job when the employee lacerated hand on rotating fan blade when hand jolt
OSHA ID97394.015
Accident Date2017-07-11
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt approximately 2:40 p.m. on July 11, 2017, Employee #1, a maintenance worker, was changing a compressor and capacitor in a residential air condition (AC) unit. His finger touched the electrical terminal on a capacitor, causing him to receive an electric shock. Employee #1's hand jolted up and hit the AC's running fan blade. The rotating fan blade caused deep laceration on back of the hand (dorsal side) that cut muscles, ligaments and tendons. Employee #1 was transported to a medical center, where he received treatment on the hand laceration and was then hospitalized.
On Friday, May 6th 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Indian Head Park, IL which had occured previously at The Acacia Association . A employee working as a was injured on the job when the other fall to lower level, unspecified
Accident Date2016-05-05
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was doing roof repair and slipped and fell to the ground.
On Thursday, August 30th 2012 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Honolulu, HI after learning of an incident at Kuapa Isle Association Of Apartment Owners which had occured on Wednesday, August 29th 2012. A 74 year old Supervisor had been killed when the employee drowns while making repairs to clubhouse
OSHA ID27655.015
Accident Date2012-08-29
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 10:00 a.m. on August 29, 2012, an employee was installing a nylon rope and I-bolt system underneath the floor structure of a two-story clubhouse built over water. This rope system would provide a means to maneuver a 12-foot by 8-foot by 1-foot wooden floating dock in order to perform concrete repair work underneath the clubhouse. The employee was working alone from a floating dock underneath the clubhouse without a personal flotation device. A coworker found the employee floating face down in the water at the northwest corner underneath the clubhouse with the floating dock approximately 10 feet from the employees body. The Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that the cause of death was asphyxia due to drowning.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
0.32
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 146
100%
Inspection Rate: 0.12
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 4