Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 1000876 - Employee hospitalized when struck by flying wheel assembly

Accident Summary Nr: 1000876 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 07/28/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3055746	08/25/1988	5531	0	Creywood Tire Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1 was repairing a tire used by an off-road vehicle. He was not using either a restraining device or an air line assembly, which would have had a pressure gauge or reducer. Instead he was manually checking the tire pressure. When the tire released the captured pressure, the wheel assembly was propelled upward and struck Employee #1's upper body, breaking both of his arms and knocking out his upper teeth. Employee #1 required hospitalization.

Keywords: FRACTURE, REPAIR, WORK RULES, HIGH PRESSURE, RESTRAINING DEVICE, INFLATING, STRUCK BY, ARM, FLYING OBJECT, TIRE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3055746			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Garage and service station related occupations

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