Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127149.015 - Employee sustains skull, arm fractures when struck by flying

Accident Summary Nr: 127149.015 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 06/16/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1479846.015	06/19/2020		811111	Bridgestone Retail Operations, Llc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on June 16, 2020, an employee working a mechanic for an automotive repair shop was inflating a tire using a Coats Rim Clamp Tire Changer. The employee did not receive training on how to correctly match tire and wheel sizes or how to properly mount tires on this tire machine. While filling the tire, it blew causing the force to send the tire flying off the machine and into the air. The employee was struck by the tire causing blunt force injuries to the side of his head and left arm and requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Arm, Automobile, Automotive Repair, Blowout--Tire, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Filling, Flying Object, Fracture, Head, High Pressure, Inflating, Mechanic, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Skull, Struck By, Tire, Training

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1479846.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Automobile mechanic apprentices

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