Building Material and Supplies Dealers

Industry Summary

As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 1,087,045 workers employed at 53,271 Building Material and Supplies Dealers establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 9,553 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 20 workers. On average over the last five years, the Building Material and Supplies Dealers industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (0% more) than the broader Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers Industry

OSHA investigators arrived in Bryan, TX on Friday, January 5th 2018 and began an accident investigation at Mccoy'S Corporation . A 60 year old man working as a Driver-sales worker was killed on the job 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.
On Tuesday, December 12th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Cupertino, CA at Sun Design Inc. . A 68 year old Manager had been injured 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.
The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, November 30th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Lancaster, NY which had occured previously at E. Contracting Inc.. A 41 year old Laborer had been injured when the
OSHA ID101145.015
Accident Date2017-11-28
Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 2:30 p.m. on November 28, 2017, Employee #1 was feeding azek boards on a Watkin table saw. The material that he was working with started to slip, and the employee's hand struck against the blade, amputating his left ring fingertip.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
2.67
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 5796
229.6%
Inspection Rate: 0.58
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 248