Accident: 201260148 - Killed When Car Falls Off Bumper Jack
On July 25, 1997, Employee #1 was working alone on a 1991 Plymouth Acclaim automobile. The car was apparently suspended by a hydraulic bumper lift at the front when the bumper appears to have given way. The automobile fell off the lift jack, pinning Employee #1 beneath it. The vehicle tie rod struck his head and the shock/strut struck his chest. Employee #1 was killed. When Employee #1 was found by a neighbor, the automobile was in park, and the lift jack was still in the raised position in front of the damaged bumper.
automobile, automotive repair, hoisting mechanism, bumper jack, pinned, falling object, caught between, unstable position, work rules, hydraulic jack
Accident: 170708499 - Mechanic Killed When Crushed By Automobile
At 1:47 p.m. on September 1, 1995, Employee #1, an automobile mechanic, installed a bumper jack underneath the headlights of a Honda Accord and raised the vehicle on its plastic bumper. He then went under the vehicle to do an oil and lube job. The bumper could not support the vehicle's weight and dropped the vehicle onto Employee #1's chest. He was killed.
unsecured, falling object, automobile, bumper jack, chest, work rules, crushed, maintenance, overloaded, mechanic
Accident: 170736532 - Fingers Partially Amputated When Struck By Tire
Employee #1, who works for a local government agency that ensures construction sites comply with Los Angeles County construction codes, was on his way to do an inspection when he noticed that his car had a flat tire. He pulled into a gasoline station, took out his bumper jack, engaged it in the front bumper, and started to change the tire. When Employee #1 tried to release the tire, the jack failed, and the tire landed on his hand, partially amputating the third and fourth fingers of his right hand.
finger, struck by, amputated, tire, falling object, bumper jack, equipment failure
Accident: 724203 - Killed When Struck In Head By Flying Bumper Jack
At approximately 1:15 p.m. on October 7, 1993, Employee #1 was performing maintenance on a school bus elevated by a compressed air bumper jack. He was lowering the bus when, for some unknown reason, the bumper jack was propelled from beneath the bus. The jack struck Employee #1 in the head, causing traumatic injury. Employee #1 was hospitalized and died at 4:27 p.m. on the same day.
struck by, head, maintenance, bumper jack, flying object, bus
Accident: 697235 - Killed When Head Is Crushed Under Car Frame
Employee #1 was under a car removing its rear axle. The car was supported by two tires and rims. The employee needed to go under the front of the car to shift the transmission to neutral, so he lifted the front of the car with a bumper jack and crawled under. The jack slipped and the employee's head was crushed under the car's frame. Employee #1 was killed.
crushed, bumper jack, slip, automotive repair, automobile, head, work rules
Accident: 14445696 - Crushed Under Auto
A MAN JACKED UP THE FRONT OF A CAR WITH A BUMPER JACK. THE BACK OF THE CAR WAS BEING HOISTED BY A WRECKER. HE CRAWLED UNDER THE CAR TO WORK ON IT. THE BUMPER JACK SLIPPED DOWN, CAUSING THE CAR TO FALL ON THE MAN, KILLING HIM.
crushed, bumper jack, slip, automobile
Accident: 14520415 - Crushed By Unblocked Jacked Vehicle
AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 SLID UNDER THE FRONT END OF A 1979 CHEVROLET PICK-UP TRUCK TO UNBOLT THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRUCK WAS SUPPORTED AT THE FRONT BY A BUMPER JACK AND AT THE REAR BY THE GROUND. NO TIRES WERE ON THE FRONT WHEELS AND THE REAR WHEELS AND TIRES HAD BEEN REMOVED. WHILE HE WAS UNDER THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE, THE JACK BASE APPARENTLY SANK OR SHIFTED IN THE SOFT GROUND. THE OTHERWISE UNSUPPORTED VEHICLE DROPPED ONTO THE EMPLOYEE, CUTTING OFF THE AIRFLOW TO HIS LUNGS.
vehicle, automotive repair, bumper jack, collapse, crushed, asphyxiated, blocks
