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Accident Summary Nr: 166026.015 - Employee dies of head trauma when struck by flying multipiec

Accident Summary Nr: 166026.015 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 02/16/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1729233.015	02/16/2024		488410	Maf Of Maryland, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:46 a.m. on February 16, 2024, an employee working as a truck driver for a towing company was inflating a multipiece rim tire on a telehandler powered industrial vehicle (PIV). The employer presumes that the employee overinflated the tire causing the tire, the external metal components of the rim, and the rubber gaskets to be forcefully expelled from the hub. The employee was struck by the flying multipiece rim and tire with extreme blunt force. The employee sustained severe head trauma including expulsion and separation of brain matter and skull fragmentation. The employee was killed.

Keywords: Blowout--Tire, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Brain Bleed, Flying Object, Fracture, Gasket, Head, High Pressure, Industrial Truck, Inflating, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Multipiece Rim Wheel, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Safety Cage, Skull, Struck By, Tire, Tire Rim, Traumatic Brain Injury, Truck Driver

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1729233.015	41	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, heavy

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