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Accident: 14413785 - Employee Is Struck By An Exploding Overinflated Tire

Accident: 14413785 -- Report ID: 0627400 -- Event Date: 12/26/1989
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10740291911/16/19900191Caramba, Inc.
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD FIXED A FLAT TRACTOR TIRE AND WAS CHECKING THE TIRE'S AIR PRESSURE. THE TIRE EXPLODED AND THE TIRE AND RIM STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS DECAPITATED. NO SAFETY DEVICES SUCH AS A TIRE CAGE WERE USED DURING THE OPERATION.
Keywords: automotive repair, agriculture, work rules, restraining device, inflating, multipiece rim wheel, struck by, decapitated, tire
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 107402919 Fatality Amputation Occupation not reported

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