OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #693846
ABDOMEN,REPAIR,VEHICLE,BUTTOCKS,STARTED IN GEAR,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,HIP
Event description
VEHICLE STARTED IN GEAR; STRUCK EMPLOYEE WALKING BY
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 12:50 PM ON DECEMBER 9, 1986, A 1975 TOYOTA COROLLA 4-DOOR SEDA RUISED HIP (LEFT SIDE), ABDOMEN AND UPPER BUTTOCKS. THE TRANSMISSION HAD NOT BEE N PLACED IN NEUTRAL, AND THE PARKING BRAKE HAD NOT BEEN ENGAGED. IT IS LIKELY TH AT THE REPAIRMAN HIT THE STARTER SWITCH WITHOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE TRANSMISSIO N WAS IN NEUTRAL. THE CAR WAS OLD AND IN A BAD STATE OF REPAIR. THE GEARSHIFT HA D A LOT OF FREE PLAY IN IT. N WAS PLACED ON A DRIVE-ON ELECTRIC/HYDRAULIC LIFT, ROTARY MODEL SM 90 SPL, 9000 POUNDS CAPACITY, SO THAT ITS EXHAUST SYSTEM COULD BE CHECKED. THE REPAIRMAN WHO WAS WORKING ON THE CAR LOWERED IT WITHIN 21 INCHES OF THE FLOOR IN PREPARATION OF STARTING THE ENGINE AND CHECKING FOR EXHAUST LEAKS. THE REPAIRMAN STATED THAT HE OPENED THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, REACHED OVER AND PUT THE GEARSHIFT IN NEUTRAL . HE HIT THE STARTER SWITCH AND THE CAR JUMPED FORWARD ABOUT 3 FEET AND OVER THE FRONT LIFT CHOCKS. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HAPPENED TO BE WALKING IN FRONT OF THE VEHI CLE AT THE TIME, WAS CAUGHT AND CRUSHED AGAINST A WALL. HE SUFFERED A SEVERELY B
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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