OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14464200
ALLENDER SAWMILL
BLOOMINGTON, IN—
Event description
STRUCK BY RIM FROM EXPLODING TRUCK TIRE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 3 PM ON MAY 2, 1984, EMPLOYEE #1 SHUT DOWN HIS SAW MILL AND BEG AN ASSISTING HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW IN CHANGING A WHEEL AND TIRE ON HIS 1961 FORD TR UCK. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE THE WHEEL AND TIRE WITH AN ASSEMBLED WHEEL AND TIRE THAT HE KEPT AT THE SAW MILL. THE WHEEL WOULD NOT FIT, SO HE REMOVED IT AN D PLACED IT ON THE GROUND WITH THE INTENTION OF MEASURING IT. AS HE BENT OVER TH E WHEEL, IT EXPLODED. THE RIM STRUCK HIM IN THE FOREHEAD AND RIGHT FOREARM. HE W AS TAKEN TO THE BLOOMINGTON HOSPITAL WHILE STILL UNCONSCIOUS, THEN TO AN INDIANA POLIS HOSPITAL, WHERE HE LATER DIED. THE ACCIDENT WAS DETERMINED NOT TO BE WORK RELATED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 727
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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