Accident: 119948008 - Injured While Servicing Recreational Vehicle

At approximately 5:15 p.m. on October 25, 2000, Employee #1, a recreational vehicle repair technician, was installing a leveling jack on a recreational vehicle when he sustained a serious groin injury involving a ruptured right testicle. Employee #1 drove himself to his home in Riverside, where paramedics were summoned. He was transported to Kaiser Hospital, where he was treated and hospitalized for five days.

rupture, automotive repair, mechanic, jack, struck by, falling object, work rules, installing, unsecured, unstable position

Accident: 116211962 - Crushed And Killed Under Truck

Employee #1 was working on the starter of a Freightliner truck cab, which was supported by a wooden ramp under the front wheel on the driver's side. The truck wheels were not chocked, and the truck did not have brakes. While Employee #1 was underneath the truck, it rolled forward and pinned him in place. He was crushed and killed.

truck, vehicle, automotive repair, chock, brake, work rules, pinned, crushed, unsecured, motor vehicle

Accident: 119957777 - One Killed, One Injured During Truck Repair

At approximately 7:45 a.m. on November 18, 1999, Employees #1 and #2, of Amrep, Inc., were working on the body of an elevated refuse truck when the roll-off bin came down on top of them. Both sustained traumatic head injuries. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene; Employee #2 was hospitalized.

unstable position, struck by, falling object, head, garbage truck, automotive repair, motor vehicle, unsecured, work rules

Accident: 14475925 - Killed When Struck By Falling Car

One March 18, 1999, Employee #1 was working under a car. The jack stand became displaced, and the car fell onto his head. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he died on April 1, 1999.

automobile, mechanic, automotive repair, jack, falling object, struck by, unstable position, head, motor vehicle

Accident: 170193221 - Injured When Struck By Brake Drum And Wheel Hub

Employee #1 was working at an equipment parking and shop area owned and operated by Wyroc, Inc., a surface sand and gravel mining operation. He was helping a coworker remove a brake drum and hub from the wheel of a Ford 950 truck when he slipped on the gravel surface. The brake drum and hub fell on Employee #1's left leg. He sustained injuries, but was not hospitalized.

slip, struck by, automotive repair, falling object, unstable surface, leg, truck

Accident: 18181560 - Dies Of Burns Sustained In Gasoline Fire

At approximately 2:00 p.m. on March 2, 1998, Employee #1 removed a fuel tank from a 1988 Chevrolet Astro minivan to replace a bad fuel pump. The fuel tank, which was approximately three-quarters full, was balanced on a portable hydraulic jack. It tipped over and gasoline spilled onto the shop floor. The gasoline vapors reached a source of ignition, which apparently was the pilot light/burners on the gas furnace, which were within 8 ft of where the fuel tank had been removed. A fire erupted and Employee #1 sustained burns, from which he died.

burn, gasoline, tank, flammable vapors, flammable liquid, unstable position, pilot light, work rules, overturn, automotive repair

Accident: 170564967 - Dies Of Asphyxia When Pinned By Truck Cab

On February 19, 1998, Employee #1 was replacing the torsion bars for the cab tilt mechanism on a 1993 Peterbilt cab-over truck. At approximately 10:00 p.m., he was found bent over in the right front wheel well, pinned by the closed truck cab's weight. Employee #1 died of asphyxia from external thoracic compression. He apparently did not use the adjustable safety braces supplied by his employer to support the raised cab.

truck, pinned, brace, maintenance, falling object, work rules, automotive repair, tractor--truck, unstable position, unsecured

Accident: 201630068 - Injured When Pinned By Automobile

At approximately 11:30 p.m. on September 1, 1997, Employee #1, a gas station attendant, was directing an automobile into a garage stall when the driver of the vehicle accelerated and pinned him against a workbench. Employee #1 suffered multiple fractures to his legs and hands, and lacerations to his lips and nose.

automobile, pinned, struck by, automotive repair, fracture, laceration, signalman, leg, hand, work rules