Incident date: 2024-10-24
NAICS industry code: 321219

A maintenance technician was checking the tire pressure on a debarking drum tire. They then initiated the process of adding air into the tire to the specified pounds per square inch. Within seconds, the side wall of the tire ruptured and the maintenance technician sustained broken ribs and a punctured lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Tires, inner tubes
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Multiple internal chest locations
severity: moderate