Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201796299 - Employee Fractures Arm When Tire Explodes While Inflating It

Accident Summary Nr: 201796299 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 08/31/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301328944	09/10/2002	7948	0	Irwindale Speedway

Abstract: At approximately 1:30 p.m. on August 31, 2002, an employee of the Irwindale Speedway was in the machine shop mounting and inflating a tire on a 15-inch metal rim when the rim failed. He overinflated the tire, and it exploded. The employee fractured his left arm and was transported to Arcadia Methodist Hospital, where he was treated and released four days later. There was no restraining device or air pressure gauge on the tire-mounting machine (Serial Number 0694126071).

Keywords: AIR PRESSURE, FRACTURE, BLOWOUT--TIRE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, HIGH PRESSURE, RESTRAINING DEVICE, INFLATING, STRUCK BY, ARM, TIRE RIM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301328944			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Automobile body and related repairers

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