Accident Report Detail
Accident: 113608.015 - Employee Is Struck By Foam When Tire Explodes Or Ruptures An
Accident: 113608.015 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 02/11/2019 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1378058.015 | 02/14/2019 | Pomps Tire Service Inc | |||||
At 11:00 a.m. on February 11, 2019, an employee was working for a tire shop. It was part of a chain that sold and serviced new and retreaded tires. He was filling a tire with foam rubber when the tire ruptured. He was struck by the foam. He suffered blunt force trauma and a burn on his thigh. He was hospitalized. He underwent surgery during which 300 millimeters (1 foot) of his small intestine was removed. | |||||||
Keywords:
struck by, rupture, thigh, blunt force trauma, explosion, inflating, flying object, burn, tire, abdomen
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1378058.015 | 41 | M | Hospitalized injury | Other | Machine operators, not specified |