{"id":43311,"date":"2026-01-22T06:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T04:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/man-injured-after-jack-stand-slips-redcliffe-kzn\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T06:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T04:12:23","slug":"man-injured-after-jack-stand-slips-redcliffe-kzn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/man-injured-after-jack-stand-slips-redcliffe-kzn\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Injured After Jack Stand Slips: Redcliffe &#8211; KZN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 23-year-old man sustained injuries after a jack stand slipped while he was carrying out mechanical repairs on a vehicle in Camelia Avenue &#8211; Redcliffe &#8211; KZN this afternoon (Wednesday).<\/p>\n<p>Members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) were dispatched to the scene at approximately 19:02. Upon arrival, Reaction Officers found a large crowd gathered around the injured man.<\/p>\n<p>It was established that the male had been working beneath a white Mercedes-Benz A180, which was supported by a jack stand. During the repair, the jack stand reportedly gave way, causing the vehicle to trap him underneath. His calls for help alerted nearby residents, who rushed to assist and managed to lift the vehicle, freeing him before First Responders arrived.<\/p>\n<p>The man sustained minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Man Injured After Jack Stand Slips: Redcliffe &#8211; KZNhttps:\/\/t.co\/p31usVmJ3K#ArriveAlive #Safety pic.twitter.com\/gOJpKEVJ5p&mdash; Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) January 22, 2026&#8230;<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=76191&#038;page=man-injured-after-jack-stand-slips-redcliffe-kzn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 23-year-old man sustained injuries after a jack stand slipped while he was carrying out mechanical repairs on a vehicle in Camelia Avenue &#8211; Redcliffe &#8211; KZN this afternoon (Wednesday). Members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) were dispatched to the scene at approximately 19:02. Upon arrival, Reaction Officers found a large crowd gathered around [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/617574670_1327413956079027_807916189125483326_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[66,2152],"class_list":["post-43311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-kzn"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/617574670_1327413956079027_807916189125483326_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}