OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14413538
WELL TECH,INC
MIDLAND, TX·
Event description
Employee dies of asphyxia when pinned by pickup truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had been taken off his regularly assigned duties due to an injury, b ut the doctor involved had released him for light duty. Employee #1 was told to move a company pickup truck into the shop so a welder could remove a spot weld o n the lower control arm, allowing the kingpin to be replaced. Employee #1 raised the vehicle with a floor jack and removed the wheel and the U-bolts holding the control arm to the frame. When the U-bolts were removed, the tense coil spring released, kicking out the jack. The unblocked pickup fell on Employee #1, pinnin g him across the chest. He died of traumatic asphyxia.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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