Engineering controls, OSHA program help Fla. co. reduce injury, illness rates
A Florida metals manufacturer managed to bring its injury and illness rates from above industry averages to well below, after using OSHA’s On-Site Consultation Program to identify hazards in its workplace.
The management of MI Metals, Inc. decided to contact OSHA in 2004 after hearing about the program through its workers who had worked previously at companies which used the services. In 2003, the company’s facility in Oldsmar, Florida reported a Total Recordable Case rate (TRC rate) of 13.4. The company’s Days Away, Restricted, and/or Transfer rate (DART rate) was 3.6. That same year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that average rates for the industry were 6.6 and 3.7 respectively.