OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #980789
CHEST,HYDRAULIC LIFT,ABDOMEN,ASPHYXIATED,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,LOAD SHIFT,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,AUTOMOBILE
Event description
Employee crushed and killed between shifting auto & cabinet
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:00 p.m. on April 4, 1990, Employee #1 was lowering his autom to the west, pinning him between the right front fender and a steel storage cabi net mounted on the west wall. He died as a result of asphyxia due to compression of the chest and abdomen. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene by the c ounty coroner. obile, a 1974 Pontiac, serial #2D37N4P179642, which was on a rotary automobile h ydraulic hoist (manufactured by Dover Corp. in Memphis, TN) in the west service bay next to the controls located near the west wall center. Employee #1 had drai ned the oil from the auto, taken the oil drain pan off the stand to the drain on the south wall, and left the 4 in. diameter double steel pipe drain stand under the auto. As it came down on top of the stand, the automobile shifted forward a nd to the west, partially off the hoist. Employee #1 stopped the hoist and was a pparently trying to push the automobile back into place when it shifted farther
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 274
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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