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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14413785

AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR,AGRICULTURE,WORK RULES,RESTRAINING DEVICE,INFLATING,MULTIPIECE RIM WHEEL,STRUCK BY,DECAPITATED,TIRE

Event
AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR,AGRICULTURE,WORK RULES,RESTRAINING DEVICE,INFLATING,MULTIPIECE RIM WHEEL,STRUCK BY,DECAPITATED,TIRE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14413785
Report ID
627400

Event description

EMPLOYEE IS STRUCK BY AN EXPLODING OVERINFLATED TIRE

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 HAD FIXED A FLAT TRACTOR TIRE AND WAS CHECKING THE TIRE'S AIR PRESSU RE. THE TIRE EXPLODED AND THE TIRE AND RIM STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS DECAPITAT ED. NO SAFETY DEVICES SUCH AS A TIRE CAGE WERE USED DURING THE OPERATION.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 38 M

    Nature of injury
    1
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    1
    Source
    2
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    5
    Task assigned
    1

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