Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
Industry Summary
The Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers industry has shown some reduction in numbers lately, with employment losses of -0.49% between 2014 and 2015 (the last reported data). There are currently 5,509 firms engaged in business within this industry and on average, each establishment employs 16 workers. On average over the last five years, the Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (3% more) than the broader Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers Industry
The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, June 27th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Walnut, CA which had occured previously at Comix Usa Ltd. A 19 year old man working as a Laborer was injured on the job when the
OSHA ID101678.015
Accident Date2017-06-20
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 3:00 p.m. on June 20, 2017, an employee was unloading 10 lbs. boxes from a truck to a storage unit during a very hot day. The employee began to feel sick and was treated for syncope secondary to heat exhaustion. Hospitalization was not required.
OSHA investigators arrived in Coppell, TX on Wednesday, October 21st 2015 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Staples Contract & Commercial, Inc.. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2015-10-14
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was operating a reach truck. When he stepped off the truck to pick up a fallen box, an order selector (cherry picker) ran over his right foot.
The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, December 2nd 2010 by OSHA representitives in West Yarmouth, MA which had occured previously at Advanced Imaging Technologies, Incorporated. A employee working as a employee was killed on the job when the employee fell from elevated platform and later dies
OSHA ID200462547
Accident Date2010-11-30
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt approximately 7:30 a.m. on November 30, 2010, Employee #1 was servicing copy machines located on an elevated and open mezzanine level in a light industrial w arehouse building. The mezzanine was ungarded and did not have a standard railin g placed along the edges. The height of the mezzanine was 9.25 ft. The owner and office manager and two other individuals located in the front office area of th e building heard at loud noise in the backroom and service area of the building. They entered the backroom area and found Employee #1 on the concrete service ar ea floor directly below the mezzanine level. Employee #1 sustained traumatic hea d injuries and died later that day.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
0.39
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 81
100%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 4