Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142459.015 - Employee is crushed by pickup truck while installing snow bl

Accident Summary Nr: 142459.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 12/27/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1570980.015	01/05/2022		444220	Weingartz Supply Company Inc.

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on December 27, 2021, an employee was installing a snowplow on a Ford F-350 pickup truck using a hoist. The employee was under the truck removing a bracket when the hoist lift arm kicked out causing the truck to slip off the hoist, come forward, and crush the employee between the truck and the wall. The employee incurred a broken clavicle, multiple broken ribs, and a collapsed lung, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Automobile, Automotive Repair, Chest, Collapsed lung, Crushed, Falling Object, Flying Object, Fracture, Hoist, Hoisting Mechanism, Installing, Lung, Mechanic, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Pickup Truck, Safety Device, Shoulder, Snowplow Blade, Struck Against, Truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1570980.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Automobile mechanics

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