Incident date: 2016-09-01
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee had just completed airing up a tire and walked over to the tool table to retrieve the valve stem cap. When the employee returned to the tire and was screwing the valve stem cap on, the tire suddenly depressurized causing the tire and rim to strike the employee. The employee suffered multiple fractures to the face, chest and ribs, a head laceration and a broken elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Tires, inner tubes, wheels, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate