Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170625875 - Employee injured when tire explodes during inflating

Accident Summary Nr: 170625875 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 12/02/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123926727	04/06/1999	7534	0	Carroll'S Tire Warehouse

Abstract: Employee #1 was sent out on a service call to repair a split rim tire. He repaired and reassembled the tire, and was starting to inflate it when the tire exploded. He sustained serious injuries, for which he was hospitalized. Employee #1 failed to inspect the tire's component parts for damage or wear after repairing it, and the tire was not in a restraining cage during inflating.

Keywords: AIR PRESSURE, REPAIR, EXPLOSION, RESTRAINING DEVICE, INFLATING, MULTIPIECE RIM WHEEL, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, TIRE RIM, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123926727			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Motor transportation occuputions n.e.c.

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