Machinery Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
Industry Summary
As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 680,511 workers employed at 60,584 Machinery Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 3,297 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 Merchant Wholesalers Durable Goods Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.
OSHA investigators arrived in Sacramento, CA on Monday, April 15th 2019 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Pods Enterprises, Llc. A 65 year old Laborer had been injured when the
OSHA ID115349.015
Accident Date2019-03-14
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 6:20 p.m. on March 14, 2019, Employee # 1 was standing beneath the roof of the container, which weighed approximately 350 pounds. He was bending over to pick up some bolts. After setting the roof onto the four support columns, a coworker, the forklift operator, attempted to raise the forks to remove them from the area. The forks had some straps and hooks hanging down and one of the hooks accidentally grabbed ahold of the underside of the container roof. Since the roof was not secured to the four columns, one corner of the roof became dislodged and raised off one of the four columns. As a result, the corner of the roof fell on top of Employee # 1. He was hospitalized and his third vertebrae of the neck was fractured.
On Friday, February 22nd 2019 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Montebello, CA which had occured previously at Thistle Roller Company, Inc.. A 51 year old had been killed when the
OSHA ID113926.015
Accident Date2019-02-22
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 11:00 a.m. on February 22, 2019, an employee was using a lathe to remove rubber from a roller when his sweater became wrapped around the roller. The employee was pulled into the lathe, and was killed.
OSHA investigators arrived in Miami, FL on Wednesday, January 16th 2019 and began an accident investigation at R. Udelson Inc.. A 66 year old man working as a Painting was killed on the job when the employee was struck by material handler grapple and was killed
OSHA ID112687.015
Accident Date2019-01-16
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 2:56 p.m. on January 16, 2019, an employee was removing chains to move a hydraulic tube and was struck by a material handler grapple, killing him.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
2.76
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 2458
156.9%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 169