Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 927517 - Employee is struck and killed by ring from tire assembly

Accident Summary Nr: 927517 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 05/08/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110118015	05/13/1991	5093	0	Ray Price Recycling & Car Crushing, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was inflating a spare tire, a Monarch 1000 x 22 tire mounted on a rim, and had placed the tire against the rear wheel of the truck. A ring from the multipiece rim assembly struck him across the bridge of his nose and cut into the hinge of his jaw. Employee #1 died, suffering deep trauma to the face. The employee did not use protection when inflating the multipiece rim and tire.

Keywords: PPE, WORK RULES, NOSE, RESTRAINING DEVICE, INFLATING, MULTIPIECE RIM WHEEL, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, TIRE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110118015			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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