Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14464200 - STRUCK BY RIM FROM EXPLODING TRUCK TIRE

Accident Summary Nr: 14464200 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 05/02/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14700033	05/10/1984	2421	0	Allender Sawmill

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 3 PM ON MAY 2, 1984, EMPLOYEE #1 SHUT DOWN HIS SAW MILL AND BEGAN ASSISTING HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW IN CHANGING A WHEEL AND TIRE ON HIS 1961 FORD TRUCK. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE THE WHEEL AND TIRE WITH AN ASSEMBLED WHEEL AND TIRE THAT HE KEPT AT THE SAW MILL. THE WHEEL WOULD NOT FIT, SO HE REMOVED IT AND PLACED IT ON THE GROUND WITH THE INTENTION OF MEASURING IT. AS HE BENT OVER THE WHEEL, IT EXPLODED. THE RIM STRUCK HIM IN THE FOREHEAD AND RIGHT FOREARM. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE BLOOMINGTON HOSPITAL WHILE STILL UNCONSCIOUS, THEN TO AN INDIANAPOLIS HOSPITAL, WHERE HE LATER DIED. THE ACCIDENT WAS DETERMINED NOT TO BE WORK RELATED.

Keywords: HEAD, EXPLOSION, STRUCK BY, ARM, TIRE RIM, TIRE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14700033			Fatality	Other	Sawing machine operators

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