OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221393465

MUFFLER MAN

TROTWOOD, OH· 2021-09-15T00:00:00

Event: Accelerator Pedal, Amputated, Amputation, Auto Lift, Automobile, Automobile Muffler, Automotive Repair, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Driver, Fracture, Leg, Lift, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Repair, Struck By, Surgical Amputation, Unsafe Position, Van, Walking Surface
NAICS: 811112
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345540066
Employer profile: MUFFLER MAN
Summary number: 221393465
Report ID: 0522000

Event description

Employee fractures leg when struck by van, leg is later ampu

Investigation abstract

At 4:30 p.m. on September 15, 2021, an employee working for an automotive exhaust systems repair shop was walking across a lift to guide a driver into the shop. As the vehicle owner drove the van into the shop, the van accelerated. The vehicle hit the employee pushing him backward toward a work bench on the back wall of the shop. The employee was hospitalized to treat multiple fractures to his left leg, requiring later amputation.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 58 M

Event type
2

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