OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #677039
HEAD,SINGLE PIECE RIM,WORK RULES,EXPLOSION,HIGH PRESSURE,FALL,UNTRAINED,UNGUARDED
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN SINGLE PIECE RIM WHEEL EXPLODED
Investigation abstract
AT 8:51 AM ON JUNE 20, 1987, EMPLOYE #1 WAS REPAIRING A TIRE ON A SINGLE PIECE R IM WHEEL. AS HE WAS SITTING ON THE TIRE HE BEGAN TO INFLATE IT TO SET THE TIRE B EAD ON THE RIM. THE AIR LINE HE WAS USING CONTAINED AIR COMPRESSED TO 150 PSI. T HE CHUCK WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A GUAGE. THE TIRE WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR AND WAS NOT IN A PROTECTIVE BARRIER. THE TUBE EXPLODED AND SENT THE TIRE AND RIM UPWARD , KNOCKING EMPLOYEE #1 BACKWARDS AND CAUSING HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE CEMENT FLOOR . HE WAS NOT TRAINED TO USE A BARRIER OR A GUAGE ON THE CHUCK WHEN WORKING ON SI NGLE PIECE RIM WHEELS.
Victim
-
#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 885
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.