OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221433006

FRONTIER AUTO SALES

SANTA CLARITA, CA· 2021-08-05T00:00:00

Event: Air Pressure, Contusion, Exploded, Flying Object, Fracture, Hand, High Pressure, Inflating, Laceration, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Multipiece Rim Wheel, Projectile, Safety Cage, Struck By, Tire, Tire Rim, Wheel, Wheel Exploded
NAICS: 441120
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345557268
Employer profile: FRONTIER AUTO SALES
Summary number: 221433006
Report ID: 0950643

Event description

Employee fractures and cuts hand filling tire that explodes

Investigation abstract

At 12:30 a.m. on August 5, 2021, an employee working as an automobile technician for a used car dealership was inflating a tire. The employee has been a technician with the employer since 2019. The employee was adding air to the tire on the floor instead of using the machine designated for this purpose. The employee put too much air into the tire causing the tire to explode and the tire rim to strike his hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures and lacerations to his hand.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
505

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