OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221367220

PASSAIC CLIFTON DRIV UR SELF SYSTEM, INC.

CLIFTON, NJ· 2021-06-30T00:00:00

Event: Air Brake, Air Pressure, Automobile, Automotive Repair, Blocks, Brake, Chock, Contusion, Crushed, Engineering Controls, High Pressure, Lack of Engineering Controls, Leg, Mechanic, Motor Vehicle, PPE, Replace, Replacing, Run Over, Safety Device, Tractor--Truck, Trailer Truck, Truck
NAICS: 532120
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345393078
Employer profile: PASSAIC CLIFTON DRIV UR SELF SYSTEM, INC.
Summary number: 221367220
Report ID: 0214500

Event description

Employee bruises leg when run over by truck during brake rep

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m. on June 30, 2021, an employee working as an automobile mechanic for a motor vehicle rental company was gathering tools and equipment. The employee was preparing to conduct brake repair which required changing out a brake chamber on a tractor trailer truck. The employee was underneath the truck when he released the brake chamber resulting in the release of pressurized air. This caused the truck to roll forward a few feet. The truck ran over the employee's left leg. The employee had not set the protective chocks to prevent the vehicle from moving. The employee was hospitalized to treat a bruise to his left leg.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 60 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
505

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