Mechanic dies when bus falls off jack stands and crushes him in California

Harrison, Robert; Styles, Laura; Tibben, Richard W.

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE99CA006

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Mechanic dies when bus falls off jack stands and crushes him in California

1999/08/27
By Harrison, Robert ; Styles, Laura ; Tibben, Richard W.
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Harrison, Robert ; Styles, Laura ; Tibben, Richard W.

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Corporate Authors:

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

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Description:

A 48-year-old male mechanic (decedent) died when he was crushed by a bus that fell off jack stands. He had jacked the 37,500-pound bus up with lifts that cradle each rear tire. When the rear of the bus was lifted, the decedent placed jack stands underneath the trailing arms of the rear suspension. The jack stands were fabricated by a local welding shop. They were made with quarter-inch plate steel on the top and bottom with a square steel tube welded between. The front tires had not been chocked. As he was performing a brake job underneath the bus, the bus slipped off the jack stands. The bus crushed the decedent between the rear axle and the concrete floor. The CA/FACE investigator determined that, in order to prevent future occurrences, employers should as part of their Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP): 1. ensure employees use only tools and equipment that have been tested, certified and rated. 2. ensure employees chock the wheels of vehicles that remain in contact with the working surface. 3. ensure employees do not place jack stands on portions of a vehicle that are not fixed in place.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Automobile-repair-shops Injuries Injury-prevention Maintenance-workers Mechanics Occupational-health-programs Occupational-safety-programs OSHA Region 9 Protective-equipment Protective-measures Repair-shops Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-programs Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Hispanic (0009) ; Foreign Born Workers (0022)

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Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE99CA006
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:

5 pdf pages
NIOSHTIC Number:

20027229
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2007-111631
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 99CA006, 1999 Nov; :1-5
Federal Fiscal Year:

2000
Performing Organization:

California Department of Health Services
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

48-49 - Transportation and Warehousing - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1991/09/30
End Date:

2006/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-99CA006
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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