OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14489843
APPLETON GARAGE INC
OLD FORGE, NY—
Event description
VEHICLE FELL FROM HOIST
Investigation abstract
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A BATTERY CABLE. HE WAS STANDING UNDER THE SED LUNGS. IT WAS APPARENT THAT THE TRUCK WAS NOT PROPERLY POSITIONED ON THE HOI ST. THE EXTRA WEIGHT OF THE PLOW FRAME AND THE DIFFERENTIAL (4 WHEEL DRIVE) WERE NOT CONSIDERED. FRONT END OF THE PICK UP TRUCK, WHICH WAS POSITIONED ON A HYDRAULIC HOIST APPRO XIMATELY 6' ABOVE THE FLOOR. THE HOIST WAS OF THE H FRAME TYPE WITH EXTENDABLE A RMS THAT COULD BE POSITIONED TO FIT THE FRAME OF ANY VEHICLE. AT THE END OF EACH ARM WAS A PAD APPROXIMATELY 8" LONG WHICH IS NORMALLY FLIPPED UP TO CATCH THE F RAME, AND ALLOWS THE HOIST TO CLEAR ANY OBSTRUCTIONS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICL E, SUCH AS THE MUFFLER OR TAIL PIPE. THE TRUCK TIPPED FORWARD AND FELL FROM THE HOIST. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE SNOWPLOW FRAME (MOUNTED AT THE VEHICLE FRONT END) AND THE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED FROM PULMONARY ARREST AND COLLAP
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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