Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128382.015 - Employee is killed filling tire when multi piece rim splits

Accident Summary Nr: 128382.015 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 08/05/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1487009.015	08/05/2020	5015	425120	111229 - Toms Auto Salvage

Abstract: At 10:32 a.m. on August 5, 2020, an employee was filling the rear tire of a CASE W20C front end loader with compressed air when the flange and ring separate from the rim resulting in the tire exploding off of rim. The employee was thrown against the building with the tire landing on top of him. The employee was killed from blunt force trauma and partial decapitation.

Keywords: Air Pressure, Blowout--Tire, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Compressed Air, Crushed, Decapitated, Explosion, Flying Object, Front End Loader, Guard, Head, High Pressure, Maintenance, Mechanic, Multipiece Rim Wheel, Partial Amputation, Pressure Release, Projectile, Struck Against, Struck By, Tire, Tire Rim, Training, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1487009.015	45	M	Fatality		Occupation not reported

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