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Accident: 14428734 - Employee Injured When Struck By Single Piece Rim Wheel

Accident: 14428734 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 04/25/1988
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10061020304/25/19881623B & B Excavating, Inc.
Employee #1 was applying air pressure to an 18.4 by 28 in. loader rim wheel. The tire bead either broke or slipped over the rim flange and Employee #1, who was in the wheel's trajectory and not protected by a restraining device or barrier, was struck and injured.
Keywords: single piece rim, work rules, construction, equipment failure, restraining device, struck by, flying object
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 100610203 Hospitalized injury Other Occupation not reported

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