OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #995902

FRACTURE,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,WRIST

1988-05-20T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,WRIST
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 995902
Report ID: 452110

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

#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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