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Accident Summary Nr: 638205 - Employee injured when pinned between tire and battery box

Accident Summary Nr: 638205 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 01/19/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
114095250	01/19/1995	5093	0	Great Lakes Trucks - Equipment & Salvage, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working at a salvage yard, using a propane torch to cut a hub from an S series 1600 International truck. Employee #1 thought the hub was free but could not understand why the hub had not fallen. He moved to the other side of the tire to observe if there was any part left to be cut. The hub broke loose and his head became pinned between the tire and a battery box that had been jury-rigged to the firewall of the truck where an air filter is normally positioned. The employee suffered severe head trauma.

Keywords: HEAD, PINNED, WORK RULES, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, TIRE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	114095250			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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