OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1000108
HEAD,HYDRAULIC LIFT,AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,AUTOMOBILE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,JACK
Event description
Employee killed when car falls from jack
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 crawled under a car that was being held up by a hydraulic jack posit ioned under its bumper. When he removed the bumper bolts, the car fell off the j ack, striking him on the head and killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 885
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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