OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221660269

MAF OF MARYLAND, INC.

HAGERSTOWN, MD· 2024-02-16T00:00:00

Event: Blowout--Tire, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Brain Bleed, Flying Object, Fracture, Gasket, Head, High Pressure, Industrial Truck, Inflating, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Multipiece Rim Wheel, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Safety Cage, Skull, Struck By, Tire, Tire Rim, Traumatic Brain Injury, Truck Driver
NAICS: 488410
Inspection type: Planned
Activity number: #347292336
Employer profile: MAF OF MARYLAND, INC.
Summary number: 221660269
Report ID: 0352440

Event description

Employee dies of head trauma when struck by flying multipiec

Investigation abstract

At 11:46 a.m. on February 16, 2024, an employee working as a truck driver for a towing company was inflating a multipiece rim tire on a telehandler powered industrial vehicle (PIV). The employer presumes that the employee overinflated the tire causing the tire, the external metal components of the rim, and the rubber gaskets to be forcefully expelled from the hub. The employee was struck by the flying multipiece rim and tire with extreme blunt force. The employee sustained severe head trauma including expulsion and separation of brain matter and skull fragmentation. The employee was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 41 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
804

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