Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201072246 - Employee Is Struck in the Face by Exploding Tire

Accident Summary Nr: 201072246 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 11/13/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310814488	01/17/2008	2992	324191	Buck Petroleum

Abstract: At approximately 4:40 p.m. on November 13, 2007, Employee #1 was inflating a hand truck tire without a regulator on the clip-on chuck. He was using an 80 pound air compressor, a NAPA air compressor Model Number 82-358VAT, Serial Number VA0241418. The tire exploded, and the rim flew out and struck Employee #1 in the mouth and the left side of his face. He lost approximately 13 teeth and received a facial laceration on the left side of his face. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: WHEEL, AIR PRESSURE, MOUTH, EXPLOSION, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, FACE, TIRE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310814488			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Laborers, except construction

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