Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 141631.015 - Employee is killed when caught between creeper and car rotor

Accident Summary Nr: 141631.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 12/01/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1566881.015	12/02/2021		811111	Loganville Auto Care Center, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:45 p.m. on December 1, 2021, an employee was installing a serpentine belt on an automobile when the vehicle rolled backward off the floor jack. The employee was pinned between the creeper and the car rotor, which asphyxiated and killed him.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Automotive Repair, Caught Between, Chest, Crushed, Jack, Lack of Work Procedures, Maintenance, Malfunction, Mech Malfunction, Mechanic, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinned, Repair, Rotor, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1566881.015	34	M	Fatality		Automobile mechanics

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