Industry Summary
The Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities industry has really been reeling, experiencing a massive employment decline of -0% in just the 12 months. The most recent numbers from 2015 show that employment was right at 60,419 working at 4,152 different establishments throughout the United States, which is 3 less than the year prior. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Scientific Research and Development Services Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.
OSHA investigators arrived in BAR HARBOR, MA on Wednesday, August 31st 2016 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at THE JACKSON LABORATORY which had occured on the same day. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Accident Date2016-08-31
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was handling mice and suffered an allergic reaction upon indirect contact with the mice.
The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, February 8th 2016 by OSHA representitives in KENOSHA, WI after learning of an incident at Wind Point Products, Inc. which had occured on the same day. A had been injured when the caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Accident Date2016-02-08
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was operating a drill press while using gloves. The gloves were caught in the drill, lacerating part of the employee's thumb.