OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #670638

CHAIN,AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,AUTOMOBILE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

1985-11-19T00:00:00

Event: CHAIN,AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,AUTOMOBILE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 670638
Report ID: 551800

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling automobile

Investigation abstract

At 4:00 p.m. on November 19, 1985, Employee #1 was removing a gas tank from an a utomobile that he had lifted with a 1960 Ford pole truck. He also had a safety c hain hooked to the automobile. The automobile fell onto the employee, killing hi m.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 38 M

Nature of injury
7

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
503

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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