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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14273247

HYDRAULIC LIFT,AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR,BRAKE,PINNED,MOTOR VEHICLE

Event
HYDRAULIC LIFT,AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR,BRAKE,PINNED,MOTOR VEHICLE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14273247
Report ID
111100

Event description

Employee dies after pinned by car to work bench

Investigation abstract

0n May 15, 1989, Employee #1 was directing a vehicle onto a vehicle lift at a re pair garage. The driver/owner of the vehicle accidentally stepped on the acceler ator instead of the brakes. The vehicle came off the front of the lift and pinne d Employee #1 to a steel work bench. He was taken to Maine Medical Center, where he died on May 31, 1989.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 44 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    1
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    505
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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