Other Rubber Product Manufacturing

Industry Summary

As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 55,224 workers employed at 1,118 Other Rubber Product Manufacturing establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 548 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 49 workers. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Rubber Product Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

On Friday, January 19th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Eau Claire, WI which had occured previously at American Phoenix, Inc.. A 43 year old had been injured when the employee catches leg between forklift and pallet, suffered fr
OSHA ID102439.015
Accident Date2018-01-16
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 10:30 p.m. on January 16, 2018, an employee was moving rubber material "tails" from the 400 wig-wag machine to a raised pallet supported by the forks of a forklift. The employee's right leg was caught between the pallet and the scale for the wig-wag machine, fracturing it. The employee was hospitalized.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, January 3rd 2018 by OSHA representitives in Warwick, NY after learning of an incident at Mechanical Rubber Products Company, Inc. which had occured on Wednesday, December 27th 2017. A 42 year old Operations & systems researcher had been injured when the
OSHA ID101920.015
Accident Date2017-12-27
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 2:00 p.m. on December 27, 2017, Employee #1 was operating an autoclave. As the cycle for curing the rubber pieces in the autoclave was complete, it was determined that all of the pressure had been released in the vessel. Employee #1 proceeded to open the door. As it opened, the pressure had not fully released and the door blew open, releasing steam onto the employee and knocking him to the ground. Employee #1 suffered steam burns to his face, chest, arms, legs and back. He was hospitalized for his injuries.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, September 27th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Upper Sandusky, OH at Uni-Grip, Inc.. A 31 year old man working as a Machinist was injured on the job when the employee sustained partial amputation of finger while operati
OSHA ID99348.015
Accident Date2017-09-21
Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 7:15 a.m. on September 21, 2017, Employee #1 was operating the hole puncher machine. The machine was built in-house and had eight sections, which are located next to each other. There are seven hole punching sections on the right side of the machine and one guillotine section on the left side of the machine. The employee was using the guillotine section to cut the product to the correct length. The machine is activated by two thumb control buttons. The control buttons are located in close proximity to the machine's point of operation so that the employees are able to activate the machine with one hand while holding the product/material with the other hand. The employee was holding the product with his right hand, and when he activated the machine, one of the punches came down on his right pinky, resulting in a partial amputation of the finger.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
10.2
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 864
151.9%
Inspection Rate: 6.02
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 50