Used Car Dealers
Industry Summary
With employment in this industry reaching new highs, the 25,481 businesses operating in the Used Car Dealers industry are sure to make protecting the estimated total of 153,546 employees reported in 2015 a top priority. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (0% more) the average for the Industry.
OSHA investigators arrived in Fontana, CA on Wednesday, November 21st 2018 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Rodolfo Alberto Medina which had occured on the same day. A 57 year old man working as a Painter was killed on the job when the
OSHA ID111210.015
Accident Date2018-11-21
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt approximately 3:50 p.m. on November 21, 2018, an employee was at the site in the yard waiting to get paid for the paint job. Another employee was hooking up a semi-truck tractor for towing the rear hitch of another semi-truck tractor. The employee used a forklift to lift the front end of semi-truck tractor and was towing a semi-tractor. The front end of truck-tractor being towed was not securely hooked into the rear hitch of front truck because it was not yet secured with the chain. The tractor being towed slid backwards partially off the hitch and crushed the employee, who was pronounced dead at the site.
On Thursday, October 19th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Fontana, CA which had occured previously at Big Truck & Equipment Sales, Llc. A 59 year old man working as a Laborer was injured on the job when the employee was struck in the eye by flying debris
OSHA ID103828.015
Accident Date2017-09-19
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 12:00 p.m. on September 19, 2017, Employee #1 was using a Makita angle grinder, Model number GA4530, and Serial number 942764, to grind truck wheels. While grinding, a piece of the brush bristle from the grinding wheel flew off, striking the employee in the eye. Employee #1 was hospitalized and had surgery on the injured eye.
The accident investigation below was opened on Sunday, September 25th 2016 by OSHA representitives in HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL which had occured previously at ADESA Illinois, LLC dba ADESA Chicago. A had been injured when the struck against stationary object or equipment, unspecified
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2016-09-25
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeOn September 25, 2016, at 5:00 p.m., an employee was unpacking printer equipment when the corner of the box scraped his right leg just below the knee. He was hospitalized for a possible infection.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
0.97
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 503
316.7%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 14