Incident date: 2021-08-30
NAICS industry code: 423130

An employee was dismounting returned mounted wheel and tire packages. A tire/wheel assembly was secured on the mounting machine, and the employee was trying to engage the bead roller when it struck his face. He suffered a broken tooth, a closed fracture, and a laceration to the lip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate