OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #887299
WORK RULES,EXPLOSION,LACERATION,HIGH PRESSURE,INFLATING,STRUCK BY,FACE,HAND,CONTUSION,TIRE
Event description
Employee injured when tire explodes
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 removed a 16 1/2 in. tire from a 16 1/2 in. rim. He was inflating a 16 in. tire (approximately 30 to 40 psi) to replace it on the rim when the tire wall exploded. The employee sustained cuts and bruises on his left hand and abov e his right eye.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 506
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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