Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170070346 - Employee injured when struck by blown tire

Accident Summary Nr: 170070346 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 03/12/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104363452	03/12/1991	4151	0	John F. Horton, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11 a.m. on March 21, 1991, Employee #1, a mechanic for John F. Horton, Inc., removed a Goodyear Unisteel single piece rim from a school bus because the tire was flat. He changed the tube and inflated the tire to 60 psc; the recommended psc was 95. Employee #1 went into the garage and when he returned, two coworkers told him that they had heard a noise coming from the tire. Employee #1 examined the tire and decided it was damaged. His employer told him to dispose of it. Employee #1 bent over to release the air from the tire when it blew out on the opposite side. Employee #1 suffered head injuries when he was thrown against the garage door. The tire was not secured while being inflated.

Keywords: HEAD, BLOWOUT--TIRE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, MECHANIC, RESTRAINING DEVICE, INFLATING, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, TIRE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104363452			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Bus, truck and stationary engine mechanics

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