OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #764548
HOSE-MAN INC.
ONTARIO,, CA·
Event description
Employee killed when tire explodes during rim welding
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was welding the left front tire on his personal pickup truck while o n his lunch hour. The tire was still under pressure and exploded. Employee #1 wa s killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 2
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