OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14214829
HEAD,EXPLOSION,HIGH PRESSURE,RESTRAINING DEVICE,INFLATING,MULTIPIECE RIM WHEEL,STRUCK BY,TIRE
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY EXPLODING MULTIPIECE RIM COMPONENTS
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 24, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HE LOCK RING, AND WAS KNOCKED ABOUT 4 FEET FROM THE TIRE. HE WAS AIRLIFTED, UNCO NSCIOUS, TO A LARGE MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE HE DIED OF MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY THE TUBE OR FLAP AND RECIEVED ONLY MINOR FACIAL INJ URIES. HE RECIEVED FIRST AID AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. WERE SERVICING A MULTI-PIECE RIM WHEEL FROM A SEMI-TRUCK. SINCE IT WAS A ROAD SE RVICE CALL, THE TWO WERE WORKING OUT OF THEIR SERVICE TRUCK. THEY HAD TROUBLE RE MOVNG THE LOCKING RING, BUT EVENTUALLY PRIED IT OFF. THEY REPLACED THE TUBE AND FLAP AND REASSEMBLED THE RIM. THE SERVICE TRUCK WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH ANY KIND O F RESTRAINING DEVICE SO THE TIRE WAS BEING SERVICED ON THE GROUND. WHEN THE EMPL OYEES INFLATED THE TIRE AN EXPL;OSIVE SEPARATION OF THE RIM WHEEL COMPONENTS OCC URRED. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE STRUCK BY WHEEL COMPONENTS AND KNOCKED INTO THE AIR A BOUT 3 FEET. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT FRONT AND SIDE OF HIS HEAD BY T
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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