Accident Report Detail
Accident: 829267 - Employee Killed When Struck By Truck Tire And Rim
Accident: 829267 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 08/17/1992 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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104238795 | 09/01/1992 | 4212 | Steve Hendershot Trucking Inc. | ||||
Employee #1 and a coworker were inflating an unmounted truck tire on a single piece rim. The coworker left the work area to answer the phone, while Employee #1 sat on the tire and inflated it with compressed air. When the coworker returned the tire exploded. Employee #1 was found 14 feet from the site of the explosion. He sustained severe head injuries and later died. | |||||||
Keywords:
single piece rim, work rules, explosion, restraining device, inflating, struck by, tire rim, tire
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 104238795 | Fatality | Fracture | Sales support occupations, n.e.c. |