Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
Industry Summary
With employment in this industry reaching new highs, the 6,835 businesses operating in the Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing industry are sure to make protecting the estimated total of 59,084 employees reported in 2015 a top priority. On average over the last five years, the Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (4% more) than the broader Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing Industry
The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, October 12th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Morgan, PA at Air Equipment Corporation. A 24 year old Laborer had been injured when the employee was caught underneath a suspended load of equipment
OSHA ID99821.015
Accident Date2017-10-10
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 3:0 p.m. on October 10, 2017, an employee was guiding a suspended load of equipment when it fell, striking and trapping the employee underneath it. The employee suffered a broken foot and was hospitalized.
OSHA investigators arrived in Corona, CA on Friday, March 17th 2017 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Tom Malloy Corp Dba Trench Shoring Company. A 23 year old had been injured when the employee fell from elevated work surface and fractured lowe
OSHA ID96726.015
Accident Date2017-03-15
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 6:20 p.m. on March 15, 2017, an employee was guiding a forklift operator to load 4-5 guardrail posts on to a flatbed trailer, Utility Trailer, GVWR-36300 Kg., VIN-1UYFS2457 and License Plate Number 4GJ6062, while standing on the top of the deck approximately 5 feet above ground level. As he walked backward, the employee stepped off the deck and fell onto the concrete floor with his back. The employee tried to hold onto the guard posts but the entire load fell on him. The operator removed the posts off him and the employee suffered a fracture on his lower back and his rib cage collapsed. The employee was taken to Corona Regional Medical Center and later transferred to Riverside Community Hospital by ambulance where he was hospitalized for five days and surgery was performed on his lower back.
On Tuesday, December 6th 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Houston, TX after learning of an incident at Briggs Equipment, Inc. which had occured on Monday, December 5th 2016. A 60 year old Machinery maintenance occupation had been killed when the employee was crushed and killed when fork lift truck assembly
OSHA ID91148.015
Accident Date2016-12-05
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 5:30 p.m. on December 5, 2016, an employee was in the process of repairing a powered industrial truck. The lifting assembly was lifted using the forks of another powered industrial truck when the forks of the second unit slipped, ca using the now unsupported assembly to fall on the head of the employee who was on the ground and under the falling assembly. The employee was killed due to a crushing injury to the head.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
7.05
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 340
290%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 37