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Accident: 14343131 - Employee Killed When Struck By Exploding Tire

Accident: 14343131 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 03/29/1996
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10644939003/30/19965541Clark Bass Service Station
Employee #1 was working alone, changing the tire on the trailer of a tractor trailer rig. The tire exploded while being pressurized. Employee #1 was struck high on the chest by tire fragments. His neck was fractured and he was killed.
Keywords: fracture, work rules, explosion, high pressure, restraining device, inflating, neck, struck by, flying object, tire
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 106449390 Fatality Fracture Occupation not reported

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