Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 582205 - Employee killed, others cut by flying glass

Accident Summary Nr: 582205 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 07/09/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102993086	07/09/1993	7514	0	Avis Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106142789	07/16/1993	7542	0	K & S Car Care
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102993086	07/09/1993	7514	0	Avis Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on July 9, 1993, Employee #1, a partner in the K&S Car Care Company and under contract to Avis Rent A Car Systems, Inc., was assembling a computer table in an unused bay of the car wash facility. At the same time, Employee #2, of Avis, was bringing a car into the operating bay of the car wash building. The car was equipped with handicap operator controls. The car had accelerated for some reason and the driver lost control of the vehicle. He veered into the unused car wash bay where Employee #1 was working and struck and killed him. The car then hit a wall between the car wash and an adjoining office, injuring Employees #3, #4, and #5. They sustained cuts from flying glass. Employee #2, the driver, sustained cuts to the head.

Keywords: WALL, BROKEN GLASS, STRUCK AGAINST, AUTOMOBILE, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, LOST CONTROL, MECH MALFUNCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102993086	Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported
2	106142789			Occupation Not Listed
3	102993086	Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported
4	102993086	Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported
5	102993086	Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported
6	102993086	Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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