Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14307334 - Employee killed when struck by exploding truck tire assembly

Accident Summary Nr: 14307334 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 11/03/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1067297	03/05/1985	1629	0	Nicaretta Construction Co Inc

Abstract: At approximately 7:45 a.m. on February 19, 1985, Employee #1 was inside a garage servicing a flat outside split rim tire on a 6-wheel dump truck. He was using a conventional air chuck and was kneeling within the trajectory of the rim without restraining devices, cages, or barriers. The rim and tire exploded, hurling him backwards approximately 12 ft. He landed unconscious on the ground. Employee #1 was taken to a hospital, where he remained comatose until March 1, l985, when he died of a subdural hemorrhage due to traumatic skull fracture.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEMORRHAGE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EXPLOSION, SKULL, RESTRAINING DEVICE, INFLATING, STRUCK BY, TIRE RIM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1067297

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