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Accident Summary Nr: 147589.015 - Employee incurs facial injuries when inflating tire that ble

Accident Summary Nr: 147589.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 01/07/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1573752.015	01/20/2022		441320	Guerrero'S Tire Shop

Abstract: At 12:43 p.m. on January 7, 2022, an employee was using a tire machine trying to inflate a car tire that a customer had brought into the shop. As the employee was inflating the tire, the tire experienced a blowout in his face. The employee incurred multiple facial bone fractures and cuts to his gums and mouth tissues. The employee was hospitalized for four days to undergo surgery.

Keywords: Air Pressure, Blowout--Tire, Defect, Defective, Explosion, Face, Fracture, High Pressure, Inflating, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Malfunction, Mouth, Skull, Struck By, Tire

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1573752.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury

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