Incident date: 2018-07-11
NAICS industry code: 441310

On July 11, 2018, an employee was mounting a 16-inch tire onto a 16.5-inch rim. The tire would not seat on the rim, so the employee used a 150-psi air line to inflate it. The tire and wheel assembly then burst and struck the employee, who suffered a broken arm and lacerations to the arm and face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Tires, except bike
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate