Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14565808 - STRUCK BY MULTI PIECE RIM PARTS WHEN RIM WHEEL EXPLODED

Accident Summary Nr: 14565808 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 04/22/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2547719	04/25/1986	2875	0	Fertilizer Company Of Az Dba Fertizona

Abstract: EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE REMOVING A 2 PIECE RIM WHEEL ASSEMBLY FROM A TOYOTA MODEL 3PG25 POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCK. THE WHEEL WAS HELD TOGETHER BY BOLTS. THE TIRE HAD NOT BEEN DEFLATED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SITTING ON THE GROUND, FACING THE WHEEL. THE LUG NUTS HOLDING THE WHEEL ON THE AXLE HUB HAD BEEN REMOVED, BUT THE WHEEL WAS STUCK. DUE TO A LACK OF TRAINING, THEY BEGAN REMOVING THE BOLTS THAT HELD THE RIM WHEEL TOGETHER. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS STANDING TO THE FRONT OF THE TIRE, PULLING ON A WRENCH AS HE WAS REMOVING ONE OF THE LAST TWO BOLTS. THE WHEEL BLEW APART. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD AND EMPLOYEE #2 IN THE LEFT ARM. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED FROM HEAD INJURIES AND #2 RECEIVED A CUT IN THE BICEPS AREA OF HIS LEFT ARM.

Keywords: HEAD, EXPLOSION, INEXPERIENCE, LACERATION, HIGH PRESSURE, MULTIPIECE RIM WHEEL, STRUCK BY, ARM, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2547719			Fatality	Fracture	Laborers, except construction
2	2547719			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Laborers, except construction

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