Book Periodical and Music Stores

Industry Summary

As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 89,517 workers employed at 8,072 Book Periodical and Music Stores establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 455 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 11 workers. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Sporting Goods Hobby Book and Music Stores Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

OSHA investigators arrived in TALLAHASSEE, FL on Wednesday, January 28th 2015 and began an accident investigation at Scholastic Book Fairs. A had been injured when the part of occupant?s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Accident Date2015-01-28
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeEmployee was driving an electric pallet jack straight down on a ramp when she lost control and pinned her left leg between the mid-rail and the pallet jack, resulting in a fracture.
The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, December 7th 2009 by OSHA representitives in Encino, CA which had occured previously at Barnes And Noble Booksellers, #2583. A Supervisors; distrib. had been injured when the employee was injured in fall from ladder
OSHA ID202468401
Accident Date2009-11-09
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt approximately 11:05 p.m. on November 9, 2009, Employee #1 (a merchandise depa rtment manager with Barnes and Noble Booksellers) was removing a box of merchand ise from the top shelf of a 10 ft rack. Employee #1 was on a ladder (Werner, 6 f t, fiberglass), moving the box, when its contents shifted, causing him to fall a pproximately 6 ft. He struck a cart before landing on the concrete floor. Employ ee #1 was hospitalized at Northridge Hospital Medical Center for fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
0.19
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 97
700%
Inspection Rate: 0.01
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 2

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