Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133737.015 - Employee is killed after being struck by overinflated tire a

Accident Summary Nr: 133737.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 03/01/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1517393.015	03/02/2021		811111	Pierson Enterprises Inc. Llc

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. at March 1, 2021, an employee was inflating a Hoosier F-45, 10.0/27.0-15 race car tire. The employee was standing on top of the rack of a car lift with the tire positioned underneath the car lift rack. The tire was not enclosed in a restraint or cage and was being inflated beyond its 40 psi recommended pressure. The tire broke free hitting the car rack and ejecting the employee approximately 8-feet onto the ground killing him.

Keywords: Auto Lift, Blowout--Tire, Concrete, Ejected, Fall, Fall Protection, Flying Object, Hydraulic Lift, Inflating, Maintenance, Mechanic, Racetrack, Restraining Device, Struck Against, Struck By, Tire

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1517393.015	39	M	Fatality

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