Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139346.015 - Employee fractures leg when struck by van, leg is later ampu

Accident Summary Nr: 139346.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 09/15/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1554006.015	09/22/2021		811112	Muffler Man

Abstract: At 4:30 p.m. on September 15, 2021, an employee working for an automotive exhaust systems repair shop was walking across a lift to guide a driver into the shop. As the vehicle owner drove the van into the shop, the van accelerated. The vehicle hit the employee pushing him backward toward a work bench on the back wall of the shop. The employee was hospitalized to treat multiple fractures to his left leg, requiring later amputation.

Keywords: Accelerator Pedal, Amputated, Amputation, Auto Lift, Automobile, Automobile Muffler, Automotive Repair, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Driver, Fracture, Leg, Lift, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Repair, Struck By, Surgical Amputation, Unsafe Position, Van, Walking Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1554006.015	58	M	Hospitalized injury

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