Administration of Housing Programs Urban Planning and Community Development

Industry Summary

As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 72,758 workers employed at 3,470 Administration of Housing Programs Urban Planning and Community Development establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 421 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 21 workers. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Public Administration Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

OSHA investigators arrived in 12th Fl., Ne on Friday, April 15th 2016 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Nycha Coney Island Houses. A 54 year old had been killed when the employee contacted electrified motor controller panel and die
OSHA ID84600.015
Accident Date2016-04-15
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt approximately 11:15 a.m. on April 15, 2016, Employee #1 was performing repair work on an elevator. He was helping a coworker replace saddle bolts in an elevator. While Employee #1 was working, he contacted an electrified motor controller panel and was electrocuted.
On Wednesday, April 1st 2015 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in 12th Fl., Ne which had occured previously at Nycha Albany Houses. A 59 year old Painter had been killed when the employee died from heart attack.
OSHA ID78088.015
Accident Date2015-03-31
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 1:00 p.m. on March 31, 2015, an employee was spraying sheetrock texture on the ceiling, when the employee passed out on his way to the shop, outside of the building. The employee died from cardio-vascular disease.
OSHA investigators arrived in 12th Fl., Ne on Monday, March 9th 2015 and began an accident investigation at Nycha Coney Island Houses. A 31 year old woman working as a was killed on the job when the employee was killed when trapped in the refuse hoist lift
OSHA ID74744.015
Accident Date2015-03-07
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 1:45 p.m. on March 7, 2015, a supervisor of an garbage collection employee reported a missing employee incident to the Emergency Service Unit. The supervisor performed a search operation at the building and found the garbage collection employee near the refuse hoist located at the ground floor. The employee was found unconscious and her body parts were trapped in the refuse hoist located at the ground level. The emergency medical services responded and removed the employee and transported her to hospital and at approximately 2:30 pm, she was declared dead on arrival at the hospital.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
0.69
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 779
555.6%
Inspection Rate: 1.03
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 11

Location of Accident