Furniture and Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Furniture and Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers industry saw employment growth of only 2.29%. There are an average of 10 workers at each of the 10,302 establishments in the United States. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Merchant Wholesalers Durable Goods Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

OSHA investigators arrived in Ontario, CA on Monday, June 5th 2017 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Diamond Star Corp.. A 30 year old Laborer had been injured when the employee fell through dock and fractured hip
OSHA ID97895.015
Accident Date2017-02-07
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 3:00 p.m. on February 7, 2017, an employee was standing on a dock, unloading boxes from a docked container, when he fell leg first through the open space between the dock and the container floor. He struck the ground that was approximately 4 feet below, resulting in the employee sustaining a fractured pelvis. The employee was hospitalized and received treatment for his injury.
On Tuesday, June 28th 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Aurora, IL after learning of an incident at Chicago Storage Solutions, Inc. which had occured on Monday, June 20th 2016. A had been injured when the caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2016-06-20
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was operating a machine to core holes in a product when the machine amputated the employee's right-hand little finger below the nail.
The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, March 31st 2016 by OSHA representitives in Houston, TX at Mattress Firm Warehouse. A had been injured when the other fall to lower level, unspecified
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2016-03-20
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was attempting to pull a mattress off a third-tier rack shelf when he fell to the concrete floor, suffering head trauma and loss of feeling. Fall protection was not worn at the time of the incident.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
1.59
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 412
400%
Inspection Rate: 0.37
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 14

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