Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170228217 - EMPLOYEE CRUSHED UNDER FALLING AUTOMOBILE

Accident Summary Nr: 170228217 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 02/27/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110905528	02/28/1991	3714	0	Gm Boc Orion Assembly

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING AT HIS ASSIGNED WORK STATION (THE BENWIL AUTOMOTIVE LIFT #14). AN OLDSMOBILE 98 AUTOMOBILE WAS DELIVERED TO TO EMPLOYEE #1 SO THAT HE COULD DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF AN ANTI-FREEZE LEAK. EMPLOYEE #1 POSITIONED THE SWING ARMS TO SUPPORT THE VEHICLE AND THEN RAISED THE LIFT ABOUT SIX FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE #1 AND TWO CO-WORKERS WENT UNDER THE LIFT TO FIND THE LEAK. AFTER LOCATING THE LEAK THE TWO CO-WORKERS LEFT. EMPLOYEE #1 ALSO LEFT TO FIND A TROUBLE LIGHT. HE THEN WENT BACK UNDER THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF THE ELEVATED VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE FELL OFF THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE LIFT, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 AND CRUSHING HIM AGAINST THE FLOOR.

Keywords: HYDRAULIC LIFT, AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, CRUSHED, AUTOMOBILE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110905528			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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