Incident date: 2020-04-25
NAICS industry code: 447110

On April 25, 2020, at approximately 6:15 a.m., an employee was inflating a dismounted tractor-trailer tire on the interstate when the single piece wheel rim was ejected from the tire and struck the employee in the head. The employee sustained face and head injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Wheels, tire rims
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple head locations
severity: moderate