Mechanical and Safety Engineering (MASE) Product Failure Injury Report
Product involved: Shuttle bus luggage rack
What happened: A person riding an airport shuttle bus received head injuries when a large suitcase tipped out of the luggage rack and fell onto his head.
Injuries: Minor head injuries
Recommendations: Ensuring that luggage is properly secured is important to prevent accidents from moving luggage, especially when contact with a person is possible or probable. A properly designed luggage rack would utilize full coverage guarding in directions that would likely result in contact with occupants, or a door or gate access. Another alternative is placing support bars high enough to prevent luggage from tipping over the bar during hard braking or acceleration.
OSHA/Standard violations?: No
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