OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14307334
NICARETTA CONSTRUCTION CO INC
BAYONNE, NJ·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by exploding truck tire assembly
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7:45 a.m. on February 19, 1985, Employee #1 was inside a garage servicing a flat outside split rim tire on a 6-wheel dump truck. He was using a conventional air chuck and was kneeling within the trajectory of the rim withou t restraining devices, cages, or barriers. The rim and tire exploded, hurling hi m backwards approximately 12 ft. He landed unconscious on the ground. Employee # 1 was taken to a hospital, where he remained comatose until March 1, l985, when he died of a subdural hemorrhage due to traumatic skull fracture.
Victim
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
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- Part of body
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- Event type
- 0
- Source
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- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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