Town highway department mechanic crushed when truck fell off jack stand —New York

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE20NY030

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Town highway department mechanic crushed when truck fell off jack stand —New York

2022/06/01
By New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE) ...
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE) ; New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Occupational Health and Injury Prevention

New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE) ; New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Occupational Health and Injury Prevention Less -
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On October 21, 2020, a mechanic for a town highway department was fatally injured around 8:30 AM in the morning while he was in the process of changing air brake canisters on a truck in the town highway department garage. The truck at the time was undergoing routine maintenance in preparation for the winter months. The decedent had placed a jack under the passenger side rear axle wheel hub of the truck after removing the wheel to access the air brake canister. The truck transmission was in neutral, and the wheels were otherwise not chocked, with no supplemental support or cribbing except for a 12-ton jack stand under the passenger side rear wheel hub. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS - Key contributing factors identified in this investigation include: 1) Truck wheels were not chocked; 2) Truck had been left in neutral, with keys in cab of truck; 3) No secondary support methods were used besides the 12-ton jack stand. RECOMMENDATIONS - New York FACE investigators concluded that, to help prevent similar occurrences, employers should: Ensure employees use wheel chocks and cribbing during truck maintenance.
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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident Analysis Accident Prevention Automobile Repair Shops Fatalities Mechanics Motor Vehicles Occupational Accidents OSHA Region 2 Traumatic Injuries
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Motor Vehicles (0016)

All (0000) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Motor Vehicles (0016) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE20NY030
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

New York ; OSHA Region 2

New York ; OSHA Region 2 Less -
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

1-11
NIOSHTIC Number:

20067659
Citation:

Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 20NY030, 2022 Jun; :1-11
Federal Fiscal Year:

2022
Performing Organization:

New York State Department of Health/Health Research Incorporated
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

92 - Public Administration - (NAICS 2022) ; 921190 - Other General Government Support - (NAICS 2022)

92 - Public Administration - (NAICS 2022) ; 921190 - Other General Government Support - (NAICS 2022) Less -
Start Date:

2005/07/01
End Date:

2026/06/30
Resource Number:

FACE-20NY030
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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