Incident date: 2015-10-26
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was putting tires on a motor grader.  After airing the tire up, the employee noticed that the O-ring was protruding from the seal, indicating a bad seal.  The seal ruptured and the employee was struck by rubber and flange from tire.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Tires, except bike
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate