OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #670638
WRECKS INC
WHITESTOWN, IN·
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
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#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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