Incident date: 2018-11-24
NAICS industry code: 488210

A maintenance employee was performing a pre-trip inspection of a trailer. After inspecting the tires he used an air tool to tighten a lug. While tightening the lug, the tire exploded and the employee suffered a broken left leg.

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: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate