OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341499
UNSECURED,MULTIPIECE RIM WHEEL,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,TIRE RIM,TIRE
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY A MULTI-PIECE RIM FROM A BUS TIRE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CHECKING AIR PRESSURE ON A MULTI-PIECE RIM WHEEL TIRE WITH AN AI R GAUGE WHEN THE RIM WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE AND STRUCK HIM. HE WAS FATALL Y INJURED. HE HAD INSTALLED THE TIRE ON A BUS AND WAS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE T IRE IN A BENT OVER POSITION WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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