Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers industry saw employment growth of only 1.18%. There are an average of 18 workers at each of the 69,973 establishments in the United States. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (157% more) the average for the Retail Trade Industry.

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On Wednesday, September 26th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Center Moriches, NY after learning of an incident at Kurt Weiss Greenhouses Of New York, Inc. which had occured on the same day. A 49 year old woman working as a Nursery worker was killed on the job when the employee was run over by a box truck and was killed

OSHA ID109531.015

Accident Date2018-09-26

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 11:00 a.m. on September 26, 2018, an employee was walking back to the field (her designated work area) from the restroom. The employee was struck by a reversing 26 foot box truck and run over twice.The employee was killed.

OSHA investigators arrived in Bryan, TX on Friday, January 5th 2018 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Mccoy'S Corporation . A 60 year old Driver-sales worker had been killed when the employee was crushed and killed by flatbed trailer

OSHA ID102037.015

Accident Date2018-01-05

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 7:00 a.m. on January 5, 2018, an employee was found dead with his head crushed by the flatbed trailer of a delivery truck.

The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, December 12th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Cupertino, CA at Sun Design Inc. . A 68 year old man working as a Manager was injured on the job when the

OSHA ID101445.015

Accident Date2017-12-07

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 9:30 a.m. on December 7, 2017, an employee was operating a Uni Carrier forklift, Model # MP1F2A25LV, that had a lifting capacity of 4750 lbs. The employee attached an Abaco Machine Boom, Model #AFJ-25) with a grabber and was loading quartz slabs onto a flatbed truck when the load fell from the grabber. The employee was struck by the slabs and fell from the truck onto the ground, sustaining fractured ribs. The employee was transported by ambulance to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and was hospitalized.

Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers

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