OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221718729

AXLE AND GEARS, INC.

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NE— 2024-11-13T00:00:00

Event: Automobile, Automotive Repair, Axle, Blocks, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Falling Object, Head, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Mechanic, Motor Vehicle, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Struck By, Truck, Unsafe Position, Unsecured, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 441310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347875692
Employer profile: AXLE AND GEARS, INC.
Summary number: 221718729
Report ID: 0728900

Event description

Employee dies of head and chest injuries from falling truck

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on November 13, 2024, an employee working as a the mechanic shop the employer took any measures to ensure the blocking was secured against unintentional movement, such as preventing the steering wheel from moving laterally, or a means of preventing the blocks from "Kicking out." Soon after this work resumed, the truck came off the blocks and landed on top of the employee crushing him. Coworkers elevated the truck with a hand pumped jack at which time they noticed that the employee had sustained a head injury from impact with the oil pan under the truck. The employee also sustained blunt trauma to his chest from the axel. The employee died as a result of his injuries. foreman for an automobile parts store had just returned from his morning break. The employee and a coworker working as a foreman had begun working on a vehicle together. The employee began working under a customer's Chevrolet Titan 90 farm truck by himself. The employee was reinstalling a steering cylinder that was located under the engine and next to the front axle of the truck. The truck was resting on wooden blocks that were positioned under the wheel hubs. The truck had been positioned this way since the steering cylinder had been removed approximately 6 days prior. Based on the evidence documented it did not appear

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 46 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
507

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