Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers

Industry Summary

As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 125,329 workers employed at 8,204 Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 833 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 15 workers. On average over the last five years, the Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (1% more) than the broader Metal and Mineral (except Petroleum) Merchant Wholesalers Industry

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OSHA investigators arrived in Los Angeles, CA on Tuesday, January 16th 2018 and began an accident investigation at 317719305 - Earle M Jorgensen Company. A 26 year old man working as a Crane was injured on the job when the employee was injured when struck by falling steel rods

OSHA ID102237.015

Accident Date2018-01-11

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 4:00 p.m. on January 12, 2018, an employee was assisting with a lift of steel rods when the rigging failed and the load fell to the ground. The employee's leg was struck and fractured a bone by one or more of the steel rods, causing an unidentified injury. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he remained overnight for treatment.

OSHA investigators arrived in Commerce City, CO on Friday, November 17th 2017 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Torchero Fenix Llc. A 35 year old man working as a Welder was killed on the job when the employee was struck and killed by projectile from a loader ti

OSHA ID100812.015

Accident Date2017-11-17

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 9:00 a.m. on November 17, 2017, an employee was torch cutting the axle of a loader truck while a pressurized tire was still installed on the rim. The pressurized tire got into fire which caused the tire to blow out. The worker was struck and killed by a projectile of the outer lip of the rim on the upper body which tore his body vertically in half and was found 150 feet away from the location of the incident.

The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, November 17th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Houston, TX at Special Metals, Inc.. A 42 year old man working as a Truck driver was killed on the job when the employee was struck and killed by steel bar that fell from f

OSHA ID102308.015

Accident Date2017-11-16

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 10:30 a.m. on November 16, 2017, a truck driver released the straps and got up on the flatbed. A forklift was standing by to unload the steel bar when the driver's feet became tangle in the straps causing him to fall off the truck on the passenger side. Simultaneously, the round stock had momentum and continued to roll and fell on employee killing him instantly.

Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers

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