A car wash attendant dies when pulled into a side arm rotating brush in a car wash

Cierpich, Hank; Styles, Laura; Harrison, Robert

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE05CA004

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A car wash attendant dies when pulled into a side arm rotating brush in a car wash

2006/04/24
By Cierpich, Hank ; Styles, Laura ; Harrison, Robert
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

English

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Personal Author:

Cierpich, Hank ; Styles, Laura ; Harrison, Robert

Cierpich, Hank ; Styles, Laura ; Harrison, Robert Less -
Corporate Authors:

California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Public Health. Occupational Health Branch

California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Public Health. Occupational Health Branch Less -
Description:

A 23-year-old Hispanic car wash attendant died when he was pulled into a side-arm rotating brush in a car wash. The victim was washing down the floor of the car wash tunnel with a hose. He had turned on the car wash equipment in the tunnel to flood the floor to make it easier to clean. The hose the victim was using got caught in the side-arm brush and it pulled him into the rotating motion of the brush. The company did not have a specific lockout/tagout program or a written wash down procedure that indicated that the wash equipment must be turned off when employees enter the tunnel to clean the floor. The CA/FACE investigator determined that, in order to prevent future occurrences, employers, as part of their Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP), should: 1. Develop and implement an audit and inspection program. 2. Develop and implement a lockout/tagout program for the car wash. In addition: 3. Owners of older car washes should consider modifying their systems with updated safety equipment.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Equipment-operators Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 9 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Traumatic-injuries Warning-devices Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Hispanic (0009) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine General (0015)

All (0000) ; Hispanic (0009) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine General (0015) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE05CA004
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

California ; OSHA Region 9

California ; OSHA Region 9 Less -
CIO:

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

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

1-8
NIOSHTIC Number:

20030060
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2006-109773
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 05CA004, 2005 Nov; :1-5
Federal Fiscal Year:

2006
Performing Organization:

Public Health Institute
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

81 - Other Services (except Public Administration) - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1991/09/30
End Date:

2006/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-05CA004
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Main Document Checksum:

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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166345/cdc_166345_DS1.pdf
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