Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170614168 - Employee injured when struck by tow truck drive line

Accident Summary Nr: 170614168 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 08/08/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119758407	08/10/1994	7549	0	Precision Towing

Abstract: Employee #1, a tow truck driver, had hooked up to a disabled Hertz rental truck and raised the front end off the ground. He was under the truck disconnecting the drive line when it struck him in the head. He was hospitalized with a head fracture. Employee #1 had removed three of the four bolts that hold the drive line in place. The fourth bolt was broken off at its fastening point. It appears there was an unknown tension or torque on the drive line. No one can determine why there would have been tension or torque. This tension may have been created when the front was raised and the rear wheels moved forward.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, BOLT, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, DRIVE SHAFT, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119758407			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Motor transportation occuputions n.e.c.

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