Securities Commodity Contracts and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Securities Commodity Contracts and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities industry saw employment growth of only 2.49%. There are an average of 9 workers at each of the 101,730 establishments in the United States. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Finance and Insurance Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

On Thursday, August 3rd 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Cahokia, IL after learning of an incident at Louis Dreyfus Company River Elevators, Llc which had occured on Wednesday, August 2nd 2017. A 20 year old Laborer had been killed when the employee struck by broken cable and was killed
OSHA ID97817.015
Accident Date2017-08-02
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 11:00 p.m. on August 2, 2017, an employee was working with two coworkers. They were handling winch cables lines and mooring lines in order to move barges along the dock for filling. The task of moving the barges by winch was routine and was conducted 3 to 4 times per shift. While the deck winch/steel cable was being used to pull a barge along the dock, the cable snapped and the employee was struck on the head. The wire line cable used on the winch was 3/4-inch diameter. The manufacture required a 7/8-inch diameter for the winch. The employee later died from head trauma after being transported to the hospital.
OSHA investigators arrived in Claremont, CA on Monday, June 12th 2017 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Bm Investment Company which had occured on Wednesday, June 7th 2017. A 32 year old woman working as a Manager was injured on the job when the employee was pinned by falling worksite gate and suffered a ba
OSHA ID96259.015
Accident Date2017-06-07
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 5:35 p.m. on June 7, 2017, an employee was leaving the company worksite and manually pulled the northern section of the metal gate, 14 feet long by 6 feet high, weighing approximately 380 lbs, to close it for the day. The employee was struck by and pinned by the gate when it came out of its rollers and fell. The employee suffered a fractured back and was transported to by Paramedics to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center. Surgery was performed and the employee was hospitalized for one week.
The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, January 25th 2016 by OSHA representitives in WESTFIELD CENTER, OH which had occured previously at Westfield Group. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Accident Date2016-01-25
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeWhile cutting lettuce in the cafeteria kitchen with a knife, an employee's left ring fingertip was amputated.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
0.11
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 108
80%
Inspection Rate: 0.01
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 7

Common Tools/Equipment