[eggman]

Anytime rescuers are doing a lift they need to have cribbing blocks and wedges to support the vehicle in case something fails or shifts. Done properly, the vehicle would only have dropped a few inches. Chocks would only have kept the vehicle from rolling forward or back.

The fact that he was under the car in the first place was not a good sign, but it looked like the car bounced indicating nothing was supporting the vehicle's weight other than the jack that failed.

My guess is somebody got excited and started the lift before anyone was ready to set the cribbing.

[nascarnation]

I’m sure some firefighters/EMTs/paramedics will chime in, but don’t rescue guys typically use high pressure inflatable bags now for this kind of work?