Used Household and Office Goods Moving
Industry Summary
Between 2014 and 2015, the Used Household and Office Goods Moving industry saw employment growth of only 2.18%. There are an average of 12 workers at each of the 7,834 establishments in the United States. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Specialized Freight Trucking Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, January 16th 2019 by OSHA representitives in Newark, NJ after learning of an incident at Winston Bellefontie which had occured on Wednesday, August 22nd 2018. A 37 year old Laborer had been killed when the employee was crushed and killed while repairing brakes on a t
OSHA ID113230.015
Accident Date2018-08-22
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 11:30 p.m. on August 22, 2018, an employee was working under a trailer portion of a tractor-trailer truck trying to release a locked brake. The employee was still under the truck (rear passenger side of trailer) when the driver of the truck informed the employee that he was going to move the truck. The driver then went into the cab portion of the truck and moved the truck forward, crushing and killing the employee.
OSHA investigators arrived in Naples, FL on Thursday, September 7th 2017 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Mov2day Sarasota, Llc. A 24 year old man working as a Freight was killed on the job when the
OSHA ID98800.015
Accident Date2017-08-22
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 6:00 p.m. on August 22, 2017, an employee was moving furniture and household goods during a hot day. The employee collapsed on the stairs from heat stroke.
On Monday, March 27th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Hopwood, PA which had occured previously at George R. Smalley Company, Inc.. A 35 year old Laborer had been killed when the employee was killed when crushed by falling object
OSHA ID94248.015
Accident Date2017-03-27
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt approximately 12:57 p.m. on March 27, 2017, Employee #1 was moving a safety deposit box onto two manually operated hydraulic lifts. After the box was moved onto the lifts it tipped over onto Employee #1s head, killing him.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
2.54
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 569
218.2%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 25