OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14382824
JEPSEN TIRE COMPANY, INC.
MCHENRY, IL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK IN CHEST & FACE BY TIRE RIM
Investigation abstract
ON DECEMBER 23, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ON A TRUCK TIRE CURING RIM. THE TI RE AND RIM WERE NOT PLACED IN A RESTRAINING DEVICE, NOR WAS AN IN-LINE TIRE PRES SURE GAUGE PROVIDED. THE TIRE EXPLODED, SENDING THE RIM INTO EMPLOYEE #1'S FACE AND CHEST. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 2
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