Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200357127 - Employee Is Struck by Tire and Rim, Fractures Head

Accident Summary Nr: 200357127 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 06/17/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312447394	07/28/2008	4212	484220	Paul D Williams Hauling

Abstract: Employee #1 was filling an "11 by 24.5" tire on a single piece aluminum rim with compressed air. The wheel assembly was unsecured lying disk-side up on the shop floor. The employer was working in the area and observed Employee #1 not using a tire cage and was using filling tools that placed the employee over the tire when the bead closest to the floor jumped off the rim's lip causing an explosion that threw the rim and tire into Employee #1's head. Employee #1 sustained a fracture and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, UNSECURED, TIRE BEAD, EXPLOSION, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, TIRE RIM, TIRE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312447394			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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