Accident: 200960847 - Injured When Pinned Under Auto Lift And Car
At approximately 8:30 a.m., Employee #1, the shop manager, apparently drove a Ford Escort onto an automotive lift to service its undercarriage. He raised the lift to its full height, and proceeded to service the car. As he was working, the lift suddenly collapsed, and Employee #1 became caught underneath it and the car. He sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported to Shock Trauma. The lift was not equipped with locks to keep it in the raised position while a mechanic was working. Employee #1's company did not require the use of personal protective equipment while the lift was being operated, not did it provide auto lift safety training.
auto lift, automotive repair, automobile, collapse, caught between, unsecured, pinned, work rules, ppe, untrained
Accident: 170623557 - Injured In Fall Off Auto Lift
112017033 11/18/1996 7533 Midas Of Bakersfield
On June 8, 1996, Employee #1 was looking under the hood of a car that was on a twin-post, drive-on auto lift when a coworker raised the lift. Not realizing the ramp had been lifted, Employee #1 stepped backward off the lift and fell approximately 63 in. onto a concrete floor. He sustained a concussion and contusions on his arms.
auto lift, communication, fall, contusion, arm, concussion, work surface, work rules, walking backward, automotive repair
Accident: 170708382 - Fingertip Amputated In Auto Lift Accident
At 10:41 a.m. on April 29, 1995, Employee #1 was adjusting the kick-out device on an automotive lift. For some reason, the vehicle on the lift tipped onto his hand, amputating the tips of his middle and ring fingers. Employee #1 was taken by ambulance to the hospital and treated. At the time this report was written, he had returned to work and his doctor predicted a full recovery, as there was no bone damage. There were no witnesses to this accident.
automotive repair, auto lift, overturn, lost balance, crushed, finger, amputated, vehicle, hand, caught between
Accident: 601542 - Dies When Head Is Crushed By Falling Auto Lift
At approximately 3:00 p.m. on October 17, 1994, Employee #1 was working underneath a Ford E-350 truck that was hoisted about 51 inches above the floor on a Forward model 12000, 4 post automotive lift. The vehicle, which had an automatic transmission, had been put in "park" but the parking brake had not been set. The lift was equipped with front stops, which were removable in order to do wheel alignments, which are done about 18 inches off the floor. Employee #1 had removed the stops for no apparent reason, as he was not doing an alignment. While working on the vehicle, he removed a bracket that was attached to a frame that held the shift linkage. Apparently, the linkage was bumped causing the transmission to come out of "park." The vehicle rolled off the front of the lift because the front stops had been removed. Employee #1's head was crushed between the vehicle frame and the lift frame. He died from the injuries.
automotive repair, work rules, brake, auto lift, truck, vehicle, crushed, head
Accident: 170719504 - Finger Broken When Struck By Oil Reservoir Plug
At about 12:30 p.m. on May 17, 1994, Employee #1 was checking the oil level on the H auto lift (muffler), which has two valves for raising and lowering the lift. The 1st valve has a small handle and when it is set to the right and the large handle is pulled it puts pressure into the tanks to raise the lift. To lower the lift, the small handle must be set to the left to release the pressure and the large handle must be pulled. The small handle can be set in the center (neutral) and will hold the lift in whichever way it came. Employee #1 set the small handle into the center, thinking this released the pressure. It did not, and when he took off the plug that was set in the floor, to check the oil level, the plug blew off. The plug hit his left middle finger and broke it. As he fell backward, he hit his head on the concrete floor.
struck by, flying object, finger, head, struck against, high pressure, work rules, auto lift, fall, lost balance
Accident: 170178453 - Catches Finger Between Jackstand And Truck
Employee #1 was lowering a vehicle on an automotive lift onto a jackstand. His left index finger was severed when it was caught between the vehicle and the jackstand. The employer was cited for a serious violation of 8CCR 3314(g).
construction, caught between, auto lift, jack, finger, severed, work rules, inattention
