OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14217566
HEAD,SINGLE PIECE RIM,WORK RULES,RUPTURE,INFLATING,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,FACE,HAND,TIRE
Event description
Employee hospitalized after struck by tire
Investigation abstract
On December 19, 1988, inside the Bozrah Public Works garage, Employee #1, a town plit, propelling the tire upward into his right hand, face, and head. The tire c ontinued approximately 14 ft up to the ceiling, struck a light fixture, and land ed on the floor approximately 14 ft south of Employee #1. Employee #1 sustained multiple trauma including a fractured right hand, facial lacerations, and severe head injuries. He was hospitalized. employee, had been assigned to mount a light truck tire onto a single piece rim and inflate it for use as a spare tire. The tire and rim were for a 1988 Ford F -250, 3/4 ton pickup truck assigned to the first selectman. Employee #1 had moun ted the tubeless LT 235 R8516 Firestone tire on a single piece rim. He was infla ting the tire on the floor in stages, using a clip-on chuck air line without a r emote in-line valve/gauge assembly. Employee #1 was putting in air, stopping, di sconnecting the line, and checking the pressure with a separate tire gauge. He h ad just disconnected the air line when the tire's sidewall (on the floor side) s
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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