Inspection Detail

Inspection: 315465989 - Zellner Tire Center, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Madison Area Office

Investigation Summary

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on April 30, 2011, the owner of a tire center in Blenker, WI was repairing the rear brakes of a Ford E350 box truck in the east service bay of the repair shop. The owner had blocked the front wheels and jacked up the rear axle of this truck. He then placed two jack stands underneath the spring hangers on each side of the truck to hold it in an elevated position, while he worked. After finishing the brake work, the owner noticed that oil was leaking from the truck differential. He then placed a jack under the differential to raise the truck further, so he could access the fill port on the differential to add lubricant. As the owner was adding the lubricant, the truck fell off the jack, and part of the truck frame pinned the owner's abdomen against the floor. The owner was taken by ambulance to Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield, WI, where he died from crushing injuries and blood loss in his lower abdomen.

Keywords: ABDOMEN, LOSS OF BLOOD, PINNED, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, JACK, UNSTABLE LOAD