Incident date: 2016-03-12
NAICS industry code: 311119

An employee was mounting a tire onto a rim. While setting the tire bead, the bead broke, and the tire and rim were ejected from the machine. The employee was struck by the tire and rim, suffering blunt force trauma to the head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Tires, inner tubes, wheels, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate