Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200742328 - Employee killed when rim assembly blows off inflating tire

Accident Summary Nr: 200742328 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 12/28/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310524525	12/31/2007	1629	237130	Douglas R. Dyer & Sons Contracting Inc.

Abstract: On December 28, 2007, Employee #1 was on a crew preparing to begin snow removal at a shopping mall. He had started his Yale 1900 wheel loader, when he noticed the left front tire was flat. A coworker operating a Caterpillar 950B wheel loader with an onboard air compressor pulled his machine alongside Employee #1's Yale loader. They connected a 20 ft length of 3/8 in. air hose to the compressor and began inflating the tire. Before starting, the flat tire registered at 15 psi; normal pressure for the tire was 35-40 psi. Although the air hose was equipped with a clip-on chuck, it did not have an inline pressure gauge, so Employee #1 had to check the tire pressure periodically with a handheld tire gauge. As the tire was inflating, the lock ring on the rim assembly blew off the rim and struck Employee #1 in the head. He was transported to the hospital, where he died two days later as a result of his injuries.

Keywords: HEAD, BLOWOUT--TIRE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, HIGH PRESSURE, RESTRAINING DEVICE, INFLATING, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, TIRE RIM

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Other		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310524525			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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