OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14511026
GEORGE TORRES RIVERSIDE TEXACO
AUSTIN, TX·
Event description
TIRE EXPLODED; PIECES STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN HEAD, KILLING HIM
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE OF GEORGE TORRES RIVERSIDE TEXACO STATION AT 2000 EAST RIVERSIDE DRI VE, AUSTIN, TEXAS, WAS MOUNTING A RUBBER TIRE ON A RIM. THE TIRE WAS INSTALLED O N THE RIM WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. WHEN THE TIRE WAS PRESSUREIZED, HOWEVER, IT WOULD NOT SEAT PROPERLY ON THE RIM. THE OWNER TRIED TO MAKE THE TIRE SEAT BY HITTING I T WITH A RUBBER HAMMER. THE TIRE WOULD NOT SEAT. THE OWNER WENT TO SERVICE ANOTH ER VEHICLE, LEAVING THE EMPLOYEE ALONE TO WORK ON THE TIRE. A FEW MINUTES LATER THE TIRE EXPLODED. PIECES OF THE TIRE AND RIM STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE HEAD, KI LLING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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