OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1000876
CREYWOOD TIRE CORP.
PLYMOUTH, NC·
Event description
Employee hospitalized when struck by flying wheel assembly
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was repairing a tire used by an off-road vehicle. He was not using e ither a restraining device or an air line assembly, which would have had a press ure gauge or reducer. Instead he was manually checking the tire pressure. When t he tire released the captured pressure, the wheel assembly was propelled upward and struck Employee #1's upper body, breaking both of his arms and knocking out his upper teeth. Employee #1 required hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 885
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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