OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342430
AIR PRESSURE,HEAD,EXPLOSION,HIGH PRESSURE,RESTRAINING DEVICE,MULTIPIECE RIM WHEEL,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT
Event description
MULTI PIECE WHEEL RIM EXPLODED, KILLING EMPLOYEE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INFLATING A 9:00-20, REMINGTON, UNIVERSAL HIGHWAY, HEAVY DUTY NY TIRE SHOP BUILDING. EMPLOYEE #1 LATER DIED OF HIS INJURIES. LON TRUCK TIRE, MOUNTED ON A FIRESTONE TWO PIECE RIM (CONTINUOUS RIM #20 X 6.0 R H). ALTHOUGH TWO RESTRAINING DEVICES WERE WITHIN 25 FEET OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, E MPLOYEE #1 DID NOT USE ONE. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HAD SEVERAL YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND HAD BEEN TRAINED BY HIS EMPLOYER, RECEIVED MULTIPLE HEAD INJURIES WHEN THE MULT IPIECE RIM SEPARATED UNDER APPROXIMATELY 30 PSI OF AIR PRESSURE. THE AIR LINE AS SEMBLY BEING USED BY EMPLOYEE #1 AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT HAD A CLIP-ON CHUCK , BUT DID NOT CONTAIN EITHER A PRESETTABLE REQULATOR OR AN IN-LINE VALVE WITH A PRESSURE GUAGE. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE PARKING LOT ABOUT 10 FEET FROM THE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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