Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials Manufacturing

Industry Summary

As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 10,383 workers employed at 280 Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials Manufacturing establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 7 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 37 workers. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Asphalt Paving Roofing and Saturated Materials Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

OSHA investigators arrived in Hampshire, IL on Friday, July 28th 2017 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at W. R. Meadows, Inc.. A 19 year old man working as a Machine operator was injured on the job when the employee was pulled into machine and suffered multiple injurie
OSHA ID97667.015
Accident Date2017-07-20
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 10:00 a.m. on July 20, 2017, an employee was cleaning the Teflon guide roller. The employee was pulled into the machine and suffered an arm fracture as well as third degree burns to their neck, shoulder, arm, and legs.
On Wednesday, February 8th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Ardmore, OK at Atlas Roofing Corporation. A 30 year old man working as a Machine feeder was injured on the job when the employee was caught in asphalt sheet production conveyor roll
OSHA ID93041.015
Accident Date2017-02-03
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 8:45 p.m. on February 3, 2017, an employee was positioning asphalt sheet feed material into rollers by hand. The employee hit the power button with his hand on the materials to feed up through roller. Without adequate support from fellow employees to help with weight of roll material, the employee got caught in the unguarded machine. The employee sustained ligament damage and strain on wrist tendons and hand.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, September 21st 2016 by OSHA representitives in Irving, TX after learning of an incident at Owens Corning Roofing And Asphalt Llc which had occured on Thursday, September 15th 2016. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the contact with hot objected or substances
Accident Date2016-09-15
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was beginning to install a thermocouple. He pulled out a plug and discovered it was not connected to a thermowell, but was plugged directly into the asphalt storage tank. When the plug was removed, 295 ?F asphalt splashed out of the tank and onto his hands, upper chest, and neck. He received second degree, partial thickness burns.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
17.64
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 146
250%
Inspection Rate: 7.82
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 16