Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 141680.015 - Employee incurs head trauma when struck by flying tire machi

Accident Summary Nr: 141680.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 12/09/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1566981.015	12/06/2021		811198	Southern Tire Mart, Llc

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on December 9, 2021, an employee had been observing a tire being put on a rim using a tire press machine. The employee paused to press a lock ring in place on a solid rubber tire. The machine malfunctioned and a pin went flying escaping the unicage and struck the employee in the head. The employee incurred blunt force trauma to his head, requiring hosptialization and later died. Earlier, a coworker had suffered a fractured left wrist and lacerations to fingers operating a tire press machine.

Keywords: Abrasion, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concussion, Contusion, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Flying Object, Head, Installing, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Malfunction, Rubber, Struck By, Tire, Tire Rim, Unstable Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1566981.015	54	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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