Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 130245.015 - Employee salvaging car parts is killed when vehicle falls
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1482394.015 | 07/06/2020 | 5093 | 423930 | 74583 - Import Auto Salvage Inc |
Abstract: At 4:38 p.m. on Friday, July 3, 2020, an employee was working for a merchant wholesaler of recyclable materials. The worksite was a scrapyard or junkyard that specialized in selling parts from imported cars. The employee was removing the engine from a Nissan Xterra SUV. He was working beneath the car. The vehicle was suspended from a New Holland LS180 skid steer. The vehicle was suspended by a single chain from the undercarriage of the vehicle to the bucket of the skid steer. The car fell on the employee, crushing and killing him. He died of asphyxiation.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1482394.015 | 38 | M | Fatality | Occupation not reported |