OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221358765

THE AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION, INC.

ATLANTA, GA· 2021-05-20T00:00:00

Event: Automobile, Automotive Repair, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broke, Cable, Flatbed Truck, Fracture, Knee, Leg, Lost Control, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Pickup Truck, Rolled, Struck By, Tibia, Tow Truck, Towed Equipment, Towing, Truck, Truck Driver, Unsafe Position, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 488410
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345333587
Employer profile: THE AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION, INC.
Summary number: 221358765
Report ID: 0418200

Event description

Employee fractures leg and knee when struck by rolling truck

Investigation abstract

At 1:15 p.m. on May 20, 2021, an employee working as a tow truck driver for an automobile service company was trying to load a Ford F250 Pickup Truck onto the back of the flatbed. The employee hooked the pickup on the front end extraction point instead of the vehicle tow points located underneath the pickup. The tow cable snapped and the employee was struck by the pickup truck door when the pickup rolled back on him. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured left knee, tibia and shin bone.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 56 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
804

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