OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221475890

GUERRERO'S TIRE SHOP

NEWMAN, CA· 2022-01-07T00:00:00

Event: Air Pressure, Blowout--Tire, Defect, Defective, Explosion, Face, Fracture, High Pressure, Inflating, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Malfunction, Mouth, Skull, Struck By, Tire
NAICS: 441320
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345737522
Employer profile: GUERRERO'S TIRE SHOP
Summary number: 221475890
Report ID: 0950624

Event description

Employee incurs facial injuries when inflating tire that ble

Investigation abstract

At 12:43 p.m. on January 7, 2022, an employee was using a tire machine trying to inflate a car tire that a customer had brought into the shop. As the employee was inflating the tire, the tire experienced a blowout in his face. The employee incurred multiple facial bone fractures and cuts to his gums and mouth tissues. The employee was hospitalized for four days to undergo surgery.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M

Event type
1

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