OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #995902
TIRE AMERICA
JEFFERSONTOWN, KY·
Event description
Employee's wrist fractured by flying tire bar
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a tire changer when the tire bar became separated and stru ck him. He was hospitalized with a fractured right wrist.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 24
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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