OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221419666

HUMPHREYS COUNTY - BUS GARAGE

WAVERLY, TN· 2021-12-07T00:00:00

Event: Automotive Repair, Axle, Back, Brake, Bus, Contusion, Crushed, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Falling Object, Fracture, Installing, Lack of Work Procedures, Lung, Malfunction, Mech Malfunction, Mechanic, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Pneumatic, Pneumatic Lift, Repair, Struck By, Unstable Load, Unstable Position
NAICS: 811111
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345688980
Employer profile: HUMPHREYS COUNTY - BUS GARAGE
Summary number: 221419666
Report ID: 0454731

Event description

Employee fractures back, bruises lung when struck by falling

Investigation abstract

At 10:15 a.m. on December 7, 2021, an employee was replacing the brakes on a rear axle of a school bus elevated on a pneumatic jack. The jack failed and dropped the bus on the employee. The employee fractured his back and bruised a lung requiring hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
507

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