Meat Markets

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Meat Markets industry saw employment growth of only 2.67%. There are an average of 9 workers at each of the 5,941 establishments in the United States. Calculated reported accident rates have outpaced the Specialty Food Stores Industry by 59% over the past 5 years.

OSHA investigators arrived in Canton, OH on Monday, October 23rd 2017 and began an accident investigation at Raiano Meats, Llc. A 60 year old Butcher had been killed when the employee died after falling while pushing cart
OSHA ID100038.015
Accident Date2017-10-20
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt approximately 12:00 p.m. on October 20, 2017, an employee was working for a meat market. The employee was moving a cart with four pivoting wheels from a walk-in cooler to a meat processing area. The cart held a bin of meat. The floor in the area was dry during the incident. The employee fell while pushing the cart. Witnesses described the fall as more of a slump; the employee fell with the cart as it rolled. After falling, the employee stated that he was fine and refused medical treatment. The employee was found the following day in a coma. Reports stated the injury was a brain bleed due to trauma.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, October 4th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Chicago, IL after learning of an incident at Fulton Trokia, Llc which had occured on Tuesday, September 26th 2017. A 55 year old man working as a Butcher was injured on the job when the employee was cutting meat bones with band saw and amputated h
OSHA ID99537.015
Accident Date2017-09-26
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 9:15 a.m. on September 26, 2017, an employee was cutting beef bones on a band saw. The employee reached over the saw for a piece of paper that fell and placed the other hand onto the saw table top for balance. When he leaned back, the hand for balance was next to the saw blade and amputated his hand. The employee was hospitalized and treated for his injuries.
On Sunday, June 19th 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in KITTERY, MA which had occured previously at Carl's Meat Market. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2016-06-19
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee's thumb contacted a tomato-slicer blade, amputating a quarter-inch of the thumb tip.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
3.55
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 256
122.2%
Inspection Rate: 0.2
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 20

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Injury

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