OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14215552
CAROLINA INTERSTATE CORP
COLUMBIA, SC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY EXPLODING TIRE AND RIM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INFLATING A SINGLE RIM TRUCK TIRE WHEN THE SIDE WALL BLEW OUT. T HIS CAUSED THE TIRE TO JUMP AND STRIKE EMPLOYEE #1'S KNEE. HIS KNEE WAS BRUISED AND SWELLED, BUT THERE WERE NO BROKEN BONES. THE TIRE WAS A TUBELESS TYPE, SINGL E PIECE RIM. A TIRE CHANGING CAGE WAS AVAILABLE BUT NOT USED BY THE EMPLOYEE.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 15
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 814
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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