OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14401608
BROOKS PRODUCTS, INC.
ARLINGTON, TX·
Event description
Employee killed when tire explodes
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker had been assigned to conduct a thorough safety inspec rown to the roof area with the tire and rim and impaled on the steel roof and be ams. He was killed. tion on a boom truck (White Motor Corporation VIN PTIFPHI-086282) and to repair or replace any unsafe parts. All 10 wheels had been removed and the brakes repla ced along with other defective parts. Nine of the wheels were then reinstalled. Employee #1 went to the tire storage rack and removed a spare, a new retread, an d inflated it to an estimated 100 psi operating pressure. The coworker walked by and told Employee #1 he heard an air leak. Some moments passed and Employee #1 said he would try to repair the rim by welding it. The coworker was approximatel y 10 ft away with his back turned when he heard an explosion. Employee #1 was th
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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