Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services

Industry Summary

Suffering major job losses, employees within the Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services industry have got to be on edge. With 2015 employment numbers coming in at 17,853, The industry has seen a decline of -5%. This change put 939 folks onto the unemployment line. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (89% more) the average for the Architectural Engineering and Related Services Industry.

• Most Common Violations
• Recent Accident Reports

OSHA investigators arrived in ACKERLY, TE on Tuesday, September 20th 2016 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Dawson Geophysical which had occured on the same day. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the stings and venomous bites

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OSHA IDSevere Injury Report

Accident Date2016-09-20

Accident DegreeInjury

NarrativeAn employee was working in a field environment and stepped near a hole where a rattlesnake contacted the employee on the lower leg.

OSHA investigators arrived in BAKER, MO on Wednesday, April 6th 2016 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Hayden-Wing Associates, LLC.. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway

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OSHA IDSevere Injury Report

Accident Date2016-04-06

Accident DegreeInjury

NarrativeWhile riding an ATV, an employee hit a rut and was thrown from the vehicle. He struck the dirt road and sustained broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and broken neck vertebrae.

OSHA investigators arrived in Petaluma, CA on Tuesday, July 31st 2012 and began an accident investigation at F3 Land Surveying. A employee working as a Helper was injured on the job when the forklift hited worker and fractured foot

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OSHA ID201129269

Accident Date2012-07-31

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt approximately 8:00 a.m. on July 31, 2012, Employee #1, a 21-year-old male with f3 Land Surveying, was struck by an all-terrain forklift. Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to Stanford University Medical Center, where he was treated for multiple fractures of his right foot, torn muscles in his lower right leg and torn cartilage in his right knee. Employee #1 was hospitalized, as a result of this event.