Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202477105 - Employee Sustains Multiple Injuries When Pinned Under Bus

Accident Summary Nr: 202477105 -- Report ID: 0950636 -- Event Date: 10/28/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312665219	11/08/2010	7534	326212	Daniels Tire Service

Abstract: At approximately 10:24 on October 28, 2010, Employee #1, a new tire technician of seven weeks, was lowering and removing a bottle jack from beneath a large 48-passenger Prevost tour bus when the jack suddenly dropped. The bus chassis fell on Employee #1, pressing and pinning him to the ground. The clearance distance from the ground to the bottom of the bus was 14 inches. He sustained multiple injuries to his neck, chest, ribs, and back. Employee #1 was hospitalized as an inpatient for 16 hours for diagnosis and treatment and was then out of work for seven weeks.

Keywords: CHEST, BUS, FRACTURE, PINNED, CRUSHED, INEXPERIENCE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, JACK, TIRE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312665219			Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Occupation not reported

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