OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221370513

CARBON EQUIPMENT REPAIR INC

BRIDGER, MT· 2021-07-07T00:00:00

Event: Air Pressure, Broken, Broken Bone, Fracture, Laceration, Lung, Pelvis, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Rib, Skull, Tree
NAICS: 811198
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345411276
Employer profile: CARBON EQUIPMENT REPAIR INC
Summary number: 221370513
Report ID: 0830100

Event description

Employee incurs multiple injuries while filling pivot tire

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on July 7, 2021, an employee was inflating a pivot tire when the tire pressure exceeded the maximum rim pressure. The tire failed, causing the employee to sustain a laceration on the forehead, a fractured skull, broken pelvis, broken rib, and a punctured lung. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 18 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
885

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