Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200052298 - Employee Is Injured When Tire Ruptures
Accident: 200052298 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 08/02/2004 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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306021841 | 08/03/2004 | 7538 | T.O.Haas Tire, Llc | ||||
On August 2, 2004, Employee #1 was installing a new, 11-2, 24-in. irrigation tire onto an old rim at a retail tire repair facility. While he was inflating the tire, it ruptured. Employee #1 was hospitalized for compound fractures to his left forearm, and numerous bruises and lacerations. Employee #1 was not using a tire cage for protection during inflation. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, automotive repair, forearm, rupture, inflating, struck by, flying object, untrained, contusion, tire
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 306021841 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Occupation not reported |