OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296107
KIMMEL AUTO CENTER
GLEN BURNIE, MD·
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING WHEEL BALANCER GUARD
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING BETWEEN THE TIME CLOCK AND THE WHEEL BALANCER WHEN THE THE SPINE. RIM AND TIRE GUARD FELL, STRIKING HIM IN THE LOWER BACK. THE GUARD HAD BEEN BROK EN AND WAS WIRED WITH A COAT HANGER IN THE OPEN POSITION. THE COAT HANGER SLIPPE D OFF THE NAIL IN THE TIRE RACK, CAUSING THE GUARD TO FALL. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENE D AT APPROXIMATELY 7:20 AM. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES. THE EQUIPMENT INVOLVED WAS A FMC COMPUTER WHEEL BALANCER, MODEL 5800, SERIAL NO. 1323. THE EMPLOYEE DOES NO T USE THE BALANCER, AND IT WAS NOT IN USE AT THE TIME. CAUSAL FACTOR: MANAGEMENT DID NOT REMOVE THE MACHINE FROM SERVICE AFTER BEING NOTIFIED OF IT'S DEFECT. TH E EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A STRAIN AND CONTUSIONS OF THE LOWER BACK, NEAR THE BASE OF
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 505
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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