OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14201206
SOUTHERN MARYLAND FOREIGN CAR PARTS
MECHANICSVILLE, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE PINNED BY FALLING VEHICLE, HOSPITALIZED
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 using his own job-made yard truck derrick with 2-part chain sling se of the right upper leg and left lower leg. It was a cold morning, with the grou nd surface frozen hard early and it thawed as it warmed up. The thawed surface w as wet sandy clay, which apparently let the rear of the car body sink. cured to hook on cable winch had hoisted front of vehicle up 6 ft to work beneat h front end to cut motor mounts with gas cutting torch. Hooks on chain sling had been passed beneath bumper and secured to front shock bumper absorber bars with load equally distributed. Employee #1 completed task with cutting torch and was standing about 1 ft in front of the elevated vehicle when the rear of car settl ed slightly causing body to shift, which in turn allowed the hooks to detach, fi rst the right & then left and the car body fell. Falling vehicle brushed Employe e #1 chest and pulling his legs beneath the car. Employee #1 sustained fractures
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 885
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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