OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14292379
TRENT ENTERPRISES INC.
NORTON, VA·
Event description
Thirteen-year-old killed in tire explosion
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:45 a.m. on September 27, 1988, Employee #1, age 13, was insp ecting damages caused when the right rear outside tire on a 777B Caterpillar off -highway truck had blown out. Employee #1 had approached the left side of the tr uck to look at the damage and was within 3 ft of the left inside tire when it bl ew out. Employee #1 was struck in the head and pronounced dead upon arrival at S t. Mary's Hospital.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 13 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 2
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